Wilhelm II : the Kaiser's personal monarchy, 1888-1900

John C.G. Röhl ; translated by Sheila de Bellaigue

Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941) ruled Imperial Germany from his accession in 1888 to his enforced abdication in 1918 at the end of the First World War. This book, based on a wealth of previously unpublished archival material, provides the most detailed account ever written of the first half of his reign. Following on from John Rohl's definitive and highly acclaimed Young Wilhelm: The Kaiser's Early Life, 1859-1888 (1998), the volume demonstrates the monarch's dynastic arrogance and the wounding abuse he showered on his own people as, step by step, he built up his personal power. His thirst for glory, his overweening nationalism and militarism and his passion for the navy provided the impetus for a breathtaking long-term goal: the transformation of the German Reich into the foremost power in the world. Urgent warnings from all sides, both against the revival of a semi-absolute Personal Monarchy on the threshold to the twentieth century and against the challenge his goal of 'world power' implied for the existing World Powers Great Britain, France and Russia were brushed aside by the impetuous young ruler with his faithful military retinue and blindly devoted court favourites. Soon the predicted consequences - constitutional crisis at home and diplomatic isolation abroad - began to make their alarming appearance.

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[目次]

  • Preface to the English edition
  • Preface to the German edition
  • 1. The accession
  • 2. The first state visits
  • 3. The Kaiser and his mother
  • 4. An ominous family quarrel
  • 5. The young Kaiser: a sketch drawn from nature
  • 6. First steps in foreign affairs
  • 7. The pillars of imperial power
  • 8. The domination of the Bismarcks
  • 9. The Bismarck crisis begins
  • 10. The Kaiser, the Chancellor and the Kartell
  • 11. Constitutional conflicts
  • 12. Bismarck's fall from power
  • 13. The haphazard transition: from the Bismarcks to the New Course
  • 14. In Bismarck's footsteps: the conduct of foreign policy under the New Course
  • 15. The dualism of power
  • 16. The fall of the Court Generals
  • 17. The School Bill crisis and the fragmentation of power
  • 18. Dynastic diplomacy
  • 19. The rude awakening
  • 20. The predictable disaster: Wilhelm II and the 'public soul' of Germany
  • 21. Caprivi's dismissal
  • 22. Head of the family
  • 23. The Kaiser and the 'Newest Course'
  • 24. An enemy of the people
  • 25. Wilhelm and world politics
  • 26. Great Britain and the spectre of encirclement
  • 27. Endgame: the breakthrough to decisive personal power
  • 28. Personal Monarchy: Wilhelm II at the summit of power
  • 29. The Kaiser, art and architecture
  • 30. The challenge: from continental policy to Weltpolitik
  • 31. The Kaiser and England
  • 32. Wilhelm and the birth of the German battle fleet
  • 33. 'Young Germany, your Kaiser!' or what was wrong with Wilhelm II?
  • List of archival sources
  • Select bibliography
  • Index.

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書名 Wilhelm II : the Kaiser's personal monarchy, 1888-1900
著作者等 De Bellaigue, Sheila
Röhl, John C. G.
Rohl John C. G.
書名別名 Wilhelm II : der Aufbau der persönlichen Monarchie
出版元 Cambridge University Press
刊行年月 2004
ページ数 xxi, 1287 p.
大きさ 25 cm
ISBN 0521819202
NCID BA71316744
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言語 英語
原文言語 ドイツ語
出版国 アメリカ合衆国
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