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Kaiser Wilhelm II: The Life and Legacy of Germany s Emperor During World War I ペーパーバック – 大判プリント, 2017/12/20
英語版
Charles River Editors
(編集)
*Includes pictures.
*Includes a bibliography for further reading.
You will be home before the leaves fall from the trees." Kaiser Wilhelm II to German troops leaving for the front at the start of World War I.
Kaiser Friedrich Wilhelm II, who occupied the throne of the German Empire for more than 30 years from June 1888-November 1918, remains as much an enigma in death as he was in life. Over 70 years after his death in 1941, the mention of his name still sparks unsettled debates among historians. Was he the duty-bound, hands-on leader and passionate pro-British reformer who ruled in challenging times, seemingly mild by comparison with Hitler? Or was he an inept, mentally imbalanced and reckless seeker of attention? Was he even possibly a tragic hero that could only fail at his task given the complexities of his age? At the core of such diverse opinions are the contradictory assumptions found within the vast amount of scholarship that exists on the emperor and his era. On one point, however, there is agreement: his influence on imperial Germany was enormous.
The earliest writings on Wilhelm II tended to treat him either bitterly as the most hated man in Europe and an out-of-touch autocrat who mismanaged his government and left the world embroiled in the greatest war it had ever seen, or as a respectful and loyal servant of the state and faithful husband. But in the past 50 years, historiography has favored a dispassionate approach that has transcended the earlier writings depiction of the Kaiser either slavishly or as the cause of the ages tribulations. This dispassionate trend in scholarship originated with a seminar on Kaiser Wilhelm II as a Cultural Phenomenon, given in 1977 at the University of Freiburg by Professor John Röhl and based on his discovery of new archival materials. Two years later, Röhl and others met in Corfu and presented a series of pioneering studies about the influence of the Kaiser on German politics. Röhl believed he found in Wilhelm II the key to understanding the recklessness and downfall of Imperial Germany. The Kaiser, according to Röhls theory, promoted the policies of naval and colonial expansion so extensively that they inevitably caused a sharp deterioration in British relations before 1914.
Given that he was a longstanding emperor of one of World War Is major combatants, it seems odd that it would take 50 years of research to come to the conclusion that the Kaiser played a major role in the march to war. But the early exculpatory research also had its arguments. In 1919, German diplomat Bernhard von Bülow removed from German archives any documents that might support the view that Germany was responsible for the war, so only documents which lessened Germanys role in bringing about World War I could be seen by researchers. From 1923-1927, the German Foreign Ministry published dozens of volumes from the archives and carefully edited them to make it appear that the war was the result of a breakdown of international relations. Holger Herwig has concluded that most if not all research on Germanys role in the First World War prior to Fritz Fischer's book Griff nach der Weltmacht is little more than an ideologically-driven "sham".
Kaiser Wilhelm II: The Life and Legacy of Germanys Emperor during World War I examines the life of one of the 20th centurys most important rulers, and the debates over his legacy. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events, you will learn about Germanys most famous Kaiser like you never have before.
*Includes a bibliography for further reading.
You will be home before the leaves fall from the trees." Kaiser Wilhelm II to German troops leaving for the front at the start of World War I.
Kaiser Friedrich Wilhelm II, who occupied the throne of the German Empire for more than 30 years from June 1888-November 1918, remains as much an enigma in death as he was in life. Over 70 years after his death in 1941, the mention of his name still sparks unsettled debates among historians. Was he the duty-bound, hands-on leader and passionate pro-British reformer who ruled in challenging times, seemingly mild by comparison with Hitler? Or was he an inept, mentally imbalanced and reckless seeker of attention? Was he even possibly a tragic hero that could only fail at his task given the complexities of his age? At the core of such diverse opinions are the contradictory assumptions found within the vast amount of scholarship that exists on the emperor and his era. On one point, however, there is agreement: his influence on imperial Germany was enormous.
The earliest writings on Wilhelm II tended to treat him either bitterly as the most hated man in Europe and an out-of-touch autocrat who mismanaged his government and left the world embroiled in the greatest war it had ever seen, or as a respectful and loyal servant of the state and faithful husband. But in the past 50 years, historiography has favored a dispassionate approach that has transcended the earlier writings depiction of the Kaiser either slavishly or as the cause of the ages tribulations. This dispassionate trend in scholarship originated with a seminar on Kaiser Wilhelm II as a Cultural Phenomenon, given in 1977 at the University of Freiburg by Professor John Röhl and based on his discovery of new archival materials. Two years later, Röhl and others met in Corfu and presented a series of pioneering studies about the influence of the Kaiser on German politics. Röhl believed he found in Wilhelm II the key to understanding the recklessness and downfall of Imperial Germany. The Kaiser, according to Röhls theory, promoted the policies of naval and colonial expansion so extensively that they inevitably caused a sharp deterioration in British relations before 1914.
Given that he was a longstanding emperor of one of World War Is major combatants, it seems odd that it would take 50 years of research to come to the conclusion that the Kaiser played a major role in the march to war. But the early exculpatory research also had its arguments. In 1919, German diplomat Bernhard von Bülow removed from German archives any documents that might support the view that Germany was responsible for the war, so only documents which lessened Germanys role in bringing about World War I could be seen by researchers. From 1923-1927, the German Foreign Ministry published dozens of volumes from the archives and carefully edited them to make it appear that the war was the result of a breakdown of international relations. Holger Herwig has concluded that most if not all research on Germanys role in the First World War prior to Fritz Fischer's book Griff nach der Weltmacht is little more than an ideologically-driven "sham".
Kaiser Wilhelm II: The Life and Legacy of Germanys Emperor during World War I examines the life of one of the 20th centurys most important rulers, and the debates over his legacy. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events, you will learn about Germanys most famous Kaiser like you never have before.
- 本の長さ78ページ
- 言語英語
- 発売日2017/12/20
- 寸法21.59 x 0.46 x 27.94 cm
- ISBN-101981890009
- ISBN-13978-1981890002
登録情報
- 出版社 : Createspace Independent Pub; Large Print版 (2017/12/20)
- 発売日 : 2017/12/20
- 言語 : 英語
- ペーパーバック : 78ページ
- ISBN-10 : 1981890009
- ISBN-13 : 978-1981890002
- 寸法 : 21.59 x 0.46 x 27.94 cm
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Peter Thayer
5つ星のうち5.0
The Emporer of Peace betrayed
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Robert Currie
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We ought to have hanged the Kaiser for war crimes. Why didn't we that is the question?
2015年10月11日に英国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
I have read so many books about the Kaiser that I could just about author one of my own. This edition was a good read but lacked the depth of the many others I have read. Th?//at said, I have no hesitation in recommending it to others
MR C E BALDWIN
5つ星のうち4.0
A very good book but a bit on the short size
2016年4月25日に英国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
A very good book but a bit on the short size.
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Karen McCashen
5つ星のうち2.0
Two Stars
2014年11月4日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
Too short and not nearly informative enough.
Lisamarie Curotto
5つ星のうち1.0
Not a book or paperback.
2021年8月4日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
This was a pamphlet not a paperback or book.