- Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: The History Press Ltd; New Ed edition (27 Jan 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0750932740
- ISBN-13: 978-0750932745
- Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 13.7 x 2.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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A study of one of the most influential figures in Germany's history. Treating Bismarck as a man of his time, A.J.P. Taylor surveys his political policy and actions as well as investigating the psychology of a man whose life and achievements continue to be controversial.
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Alan John Percivale Taylor, born in Lancashire in 1906, studied at Oriel College, Oxford. From 1953 he was a lecturer in international history at Oxford, also enjoying a successful career as a broadcaster. Taylor's many books include The Struggle for Mastery in Europe 1848 -1918 (1954). The origins of the Second World War (1961) and English History 1914-1945 (1965). Taylor died in 1990.
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
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Bismarck was one of the most important men of the late 19th Century, unifying Germany and building it up into one of the Greatest powers of Europe. In this book, A.J.P Taylor produces one of the best reviews of Bismarck available, showing to the reader the influences that his life had on his policy. Taylor shows Bismarck to be a deeply opinionated man, but shows that his principles, although formed by his experiences, were often fluid and depended deeply on how best to keep himself in power and Germany as strong as possible.
Taylor is a wonderful writer of this sort of history, not simply showing what Bismack did and thought, but why. He shows the man who built up the German Kaiser into an almost unassailable position to be on principle a republican, but explains why this principle was ignored. In this brilliant work, Taylor picks up on a number of aspects of Bismarck's personality and policy that I have never seen considered before, and offers a number of possible reasons for actions that other historians seem to have a great difficulty attributing to anything at all.
This book will be exceedingly interesting to anyone who reads modern European History, and even if this area is not one that a reader has any special interest in, it is very easy to read. Strongly reccommended.
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Given the long and illustrious career of Bismarck including his 28 year term as German Chancellor this book can become complicated to follow though through no fault of the author. This is the first book I have read by Taylor. I found his style of narrative to be very interesting, fluid and objective. For anyone who is interested in contemporary history particularly that of the late 19th century this is a must read as Bismarck is the pivotol figure of this period. Taylor who seems to have extensively examined memoirs and documents of Bismarck and Germany offers a deep insight into this complex character. He offers a clear reasoning behind Bismarck's changing and contradictory domestic policies engineered to the retention of his Chancellorship. We see the character of a man deeply concerned for his own self preservation yet not without his own merits proving a master in the arena of foreign affairs. This book is a great account of the life of Bismarck and well worth the money.
0 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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I found this book very interesting.His doctor fed him some fish in the morning to keep his weight down. Then, I think , Bismark made him a health minister.
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