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Bismarck and Germany 1862-1890 (2nd Edition)

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Newcomers to the exciting story of Germany's war-driven unification process will find this book extremely useful. It assumes no prior knowledge on the part of the reader, but gives enough detail to be considered a decent summary of recent historical research. Older hands will admire the sound judgements and the choice of primary sources. This is one of the best in the excellent Seminar Studies series.

The book is well written and organized. It helps to understand the complexity of German policy of the 2nd part of 19th century with maximal simplicity. But it should not be your first book if you know nothing about Bismark or divided Germany

This is an excellent book for a person looking to learn more about Otto von Bismarck and his role in Prussia and Germany. It is well written and easy to understand and follow.

Williamson does a brilliant job of simplifying the complex German policies before World War I. An interesting read for anyone who enjoys history.

my mother-in-laws parents came from Scheslweig-Holstein
she alsway said if it hadn't been for Bismark they wuld have been Danish.
this book and the other one makes it easier for me to finally understand what was going on back then

The book gives great examples of bismarks rise to power and how it it effected worl politics.