In The German Empire, one of Europe's great historians and men of letters chronicles one of history's most fateful transformations--Germany's rise from new nation to prime mover in the chain of events that sent it hurtling into two world wars. In 1871, Otto von Bismarck fused wi…
Updated to take account of the latest research, this new edition guides the reader through a momentous period in history, from the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-71 to the outbreak of the First World War in 1914.
Updated to take account of the latest research, this new edition guides the reader through a momentous period in history, from the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-71 to the outbreak of the First World War in 1914.
Germany was a latecomer to the colonial world of the late nineteenth century but this history of German colonialism makes clear the wide-reaching consequences of Germany's short-lived colonial project. Sebastian Conrad charts the expansion of the empire from its origins in the a…
German colonialism: a short history
by Conrad, Sebastian, Conrad, Sebastian, O'Hagan, Sorcha