Young Wilhelm
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- 36 hodin čtení
John C. G. Röhl's acclaimed life of Kaiser Wilhelm II, from his birth in 1859 to his accession to the throne in 1888.
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Tato rozsáhlá biografická série se ponořuje do života a vlády posledního německého císaře. Zkoumá jeho dětství a dospívání v prostředí plném intrik a osobních rivalit, které formovaly jeho komplexní osobnost. Série detailně popisuje jeho odklon od rodičů, přiklonění se k vojenským kruhům a nástup k moci v klíčovém období německé historie. Nabízí hluboký vhled do psychologie mocného, ale zároveň problematického panovníka a jeho dopadu na světové dění.
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Wilhelm II
- 1306 stránek
- 46 hodin čtení
Kaiser Wilhelm II 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 This book, based on a wealth of previously unpublished archival material, provides the most detailed account ever written of the first half of his reign.
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Wilhelm II
- 1310 stránek
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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 This book, based on a wealth of previously unpublished archival material, provides the most detailed account ever written of the first half of his reign.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.