Displaying 1 of 1 1982 Format: Book Title: Kaiser Wilhelm II, new interpretations : the Corfu papers / edited by John C.G. Rohl and Nicolaus Sombart. Publisher, Date: Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [1982] ©1982 Description: xiii, 319 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm illustration Subjects: William II, German Emperor, 1859-1941. Germany -- Kings and rulers -- Biography. Germany -- History -- William II, 1888-1918. Other Author: Röhl, John C. G. Sombart, Nicolaus, 1923-2008. Notes: Papers originally presented at a conference which was held in Corfu, Greece, Sept. 1979. Includes bibliographical references and index. 362977 LCCN: 81007706 ISBN: 0521238986 Other Number: 7552348 System Availability: 1 # System items in: 1 # Local items: 1 # Local items in: 1 Current Holds: 0 Place Request Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Large Cover Image Summary Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941) is one of the most fascinating figures in European history. Inheriting the 'mightiest throne on earth' in 1888, he played a central part in fashioning the policies which culminated in the catastrophe of 1914-18, the collapse of the Reich, and his own abdication. To an extraordinary extent he was also representative of his epoch: brilliant, bizarre, aggressive, insecure. Yet German historians have virtually ignored him. They have written the history of the Kaiserreich without the Kaiser, of Wilhelminism without Wilhelm, leaving the field to the amateurs. Recently, the conviction has been growing, in Germany as well as in American and Great Britain, that the huge advances achieved in the social and economic history of Imperial Germany must now be complemented by deeper research into the Kaiser's character, his role in decision-making, and his relationship to the social and cultural values of his era. In September 1979, a dozen historians met in the Kaiser's palace on Corfu to discuss these questions: this book contains their findings. Table of Contents List of illustrationsIntroduction John C. G. R÷hl2Kaiser Wilhelm II and his parents: an inquiry into the psychological roots of German policy towards England before the First World War Thomas A. Kohut3History as family chronicle: Kaiser Wilhelm II and the dynastic roots of the Anglo-German antagonism Lamar Cecil4The Kaiser and the British: the state visit to Windsor, November 1907 Jonathan Steinberg5The Kaiser and German Weltpolitik: reflexions on Wilhelm II's place in the making of German foreign policy Paul Kennedy6Kaiser Wilhelm II in the context of his military and naval entourage Wilhelm Deist7Kaiser Wilhelm II and the 'Liebenberg Circle' Isabel V. Hull8The decisive relationship: Kaiser Wilhelm II and Chancellor Bernhard von Bnlow, 1900-1905 Kathy Lerman9The Daily Telegraph affair and its aftermath: the Kaiser, Bnlow and the Reichstag, 1908-1909 Terence F. Cole10Images of Kaiserdom: German attitudes to Kaiser Wilhelm II Elisabeth Fehrenbach11The Kaiser in his epoch: some reflections on Wilhelmine society, sexuality and culture Nicolaus SombartIndex Librarian's View Syndetics Unbound Displaying 1 of 1
