This text seeks to provide an up-to-date interpretation of the political development of the Germany of Bismarck and Kaiser Wilhelm II. Focusing on domestic politics as well as diplomacy, personalities and decision making, attention is given to contemporary historical research, the documentary evidence on which it is based, and the debates and controversies which are thereby evoked.
Author Biography
MATTHEW S. SELIGMANN is Senior Lecturer in History at University College Northampton.
RODERICK R. MCLEAN is an independent scholar, who has previously taught at Edinburgh and Glasgow Universities.
