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Steinberg, Jonathan.

Bismarck : a life / Jonathan Steinberg. - New York : Oxford University Press, c2011. - x, 577 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [528]-537) and index.

Introduction : Bismarck's sovereign self -- Bismarck : born Prussian and what that meant -- Bismarck : the mad Junker -- Bismarck represents himself, 1847-1851 -- Bismarck as diplomat, 1851-1862 -- Power -- "I have beaten them all! All!" -- The unification of Germany, 1866-1870 -- The decline begins : liberals and Catholics -- The guest house of the dead Jew -- Kaisers and Bismarck's fall from power -- Bismarck's legacy : blood and irony.

ISBN: 9780199782529 (acid-free paper) 9780199975396

LCCN: 2010045387

Subjects--Personal Names:
Bismarck, Otto, Furst von, 1815-1898.
Bismarck, Otto, Furst von, 1815-1898.
Bismarck, Otto von, 1815-1898.
Bismarck, Otto, Príncipe von, 1815-1898.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Statesmen--Germany--Biography.
Statesmen--Germany--Biography.
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Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Germany--Politics and government--1871-1888.
Prussia (Germany)--Politics and government--1815-1870.
Germany--Politics and government--1871-1888.
Alemania--Política y gobierno,--1871-1888.

LC Class. No.: 302 DD 218 / B622S 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 943.08/3092