Learning Empire

Learning Empire
Author: Erik Grimmer-Solem
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 669
Release: 2019-09-26
Genre: History
ISBN: 1108483828

The First World War marked the end point of a process of German globalization that began in the 1870s. Learning Empire looks at German worldwide entanglements to recast how we interpret German imperialism, the origins of the First World War, and the rise of Nazism.

Germany's Aims in the First World War

Germany's Aims in the First World War
Author: Fritz Fischer
Publisher: New York : W. W. Norton
Total Pages: 728
Release: 1967
Genre: Germany
ISBN:

This professor's great work is possibly the most important book of any sort, probably the most important historical book, certainly the most controversial book to come out of Germany since the war. It had already forced the revision of widely held views in Germany's responsibility for beginning and continuing World War 1, and of supposed divergence of aim between business and the military on one side and labor and intellectuals on the other.

German Foreign Policy, 1890-1914, and Colonial Policy to 1914

German Foreign Policy, 1890-1914, and Colonial Policy to 1914
Author: Andrew R. Carlson
Publisher: Metuchen, N.J : Scarecrow Press
Total Pages: 388
Release: 1970
Genre: History
ISBN:

This is a handy reference work and guide to German foreign policy in general and colonial policy in particular, covering the period from the dismissal of Bismarck to the outbreak of World War I. The major part of the book consists of an extensive, partly annotated bibliography. Apart from references to a large number of books, periodicals and documents relevant for the study of Namibia, there are also 73 entries specifically concerned with the territory. (Eriksen/Moorsom 1989).

Imperial Germany 1890 - 1918

Imperial Germany 1890 - 1918
Author: Ian Porter
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 137
Release: 2014-06-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 1317900863

The Wilhelmine period is a crucial period of German history and the focus of great historical controversy; greater understanding of this period is also vital to explain the rise of the Third Reich. The authors focus on Germany's role as a major military and imperial power, industrialiastion and the economy, the crucial effects of the war years and the disturbing evidence that Germany's response to Hitler is to be found in the Wilhelmine era.

The Golden Bull

The Golden Bull
Author: Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Publisher: Dalcassian Publishing Company
Total Pages:
Release: 2019-11-02
Genre:
ISBN: 198702740X

The Golden Bull of 1356 (German: Goldene Bulle, Latin: Bulla Aurea) was a decree issued by the Imperial Diet at Nuremberg and Metz (Diet of Metz (1356/57)) headed by the Emperor Charles IV which fixed, for a period of more than four hundred years, important aspects of the constitutional structure of the Holy Roman Empire. It was named the Golden Bull for the golden seal it carried.

Germany and the Diplomatic Revolution

Germany and the Diplomatic Revolution
Author: Oron James Hale
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2017-01-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 1512816566

The influence of German, English, and French newspapers on the formation of European alliances early in the twentieth century.

Realpolitik

Realpolitik
Author: John Bew
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 409
Release: 2016
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0199331936

A concise book on Realpolitik: its origins as an idea; its practical application to statecraft in the recent past; and its relevance to contemporary foreign policy.

Germany and the Modern World, 1880–1914

Germany and the Modern World, 1880–1914
Author: Mark Hewitson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 533
Release: 2018-07-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 1107039150

Re-assesses Germany's relationship with the wider world before 1914 by examining the connections between nationalism, transnationalism, imperialism and globalization.