The Chancellor as Courtier: Bernhard Von Bulow and the Governance of Germany, 1900-1909

by Katharine Anne Lerman

Book Overview

Bernhard von B low was the longest-serving Reich Chancellor of Imperial Germany under Kaiser Wilhelm II. Appointed State Secretary of the Foreign Office in 1897 and Chancellor in 1900, he played a crucial role in the political history of the German Empire for twelve important years before the First World War. B low was chosen by Wilhelm II to be 'his Bismarck' and he was widely regarded as the most talented and intelligent of Bismarck's successors...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521530571
• ISBN13: 9780521530576
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"