William II: The Last Kaiser"Following Kaiser Wilhelm's political career from his youth at the Hohenzollern court through the turbulent peacetime decades of the Wilhelmine era into global war and exile, the book presents a new interpretation of this controversial monarch and assesses the impact on Germany of his forty-year reign."--BOOK JACKET. |
Contents
Childhood and youth | 1 |
Taking power | 27 |
Going it alone | 47 |
Copyright | |
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Kaiser Wilhelm II Christopher (St Catherine'S College, University Of Cambridge) Clark Limited preview - 2013 |
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