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This is a concise edition of John Roehl's prize-winning three-volume biography of Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany. It sheds new light on the Kaiser's troubled youth, his involvement in social and political scandals, and his role in foreign policy decisions that led to the outbreak of the First World War.

Anlässlich des 150. Geburtstags von Wilhelm II. am 27. Januar 2009 erscheint die umfassende dreibändige Biographie von John Röhl.

Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941) ruled Imperial Germany from his accession in 1888 to his enforced abdication in 1918 at the end of the First World War. This book, based on a wealth of previously unpublished archival material, provides the most detailed account ever written of the first half of his reign. Following on from John Röhl's definitive and highly acclaimed Young Wilhelm: The Kaiser's Early Life, 1859-1888 (1998), the volume demonstrates the monarch's dynastic arrogance and the wounding abuse he showered on his own people as, step by step, he built up his personal power. His thirst for glory, his overweening nationalism and militarism and his passion for the navy provided the impetus for a breathtaking long-term goal: the transformation of the German Reich into the foremost power in the world. Urgent warnings from all sides, both against the revival of a semi-absolute Personal Monarchy on the threshold to the twentieth century and against the challenge his goal of 'world power' implied for the existing World Powers Great Britain, France and Russia were brushed aside by the impetuous young ruler with his faithful military retinue and blindly devoted court favourites. Soon the predicted consequences - constitutional crisis at home and diplomatic isolation abroad - began to make their alarming appearance.

John C. G. Röhl's acclaimed life of Kaiser Wilhelm II, from his birth in 1859 to his accession to the throne in 1888.

A personal and political analysis of the reign of Kaiser Wilhelm II using new archival sources.

Das Buch des deutsch-englischen Historikers John C. G. Röhl bietet ein erschütterndes Bild von den letzten Jahrzehnten des Kaiserreichs: Der machtpolitisch dynamischste Staat des alten Europa wird von einem lächerlich-fürchterlichen "Operettenregiment" geführt, ist aber mächtig genug, Deutschland und Europa in ihre schwersten Krisen zu treiben. Mit Wilhelm II. steht ein narzißtischer Monarch an der Spitze des Reichs, dessen im Exil geäußerte Überlegung zur Judenvernichtung "... am besten wäre Gas" die Frage nach einer bedrückenden Kontinuität in der deutschen Geschichte aufwirft.