The Kaiser and His Times (Norton Library (Paperback))

Balfour, Michael

ISBN 10: 0393006611 / ISBN 13: 9780393006612

Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 1972

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Kaiser and His Times (Norton Library (Paperback))
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication Date: 1972
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393006611
• ISBN 13: 9780393006612
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

“[An] admirably comprehensive and beautifully written study of William II’s reign.” ―Gordon A . Craig

What did it mean for Germany, and the world, to have William II on the throne for the First World War? In The Kaiser and His Times, Michael Balfour analyzes the social, constitutional, and economic forces at work in imperial Germany, and sets the complex and disputed character of the Kaiser, who occupied such a central position in the three decades before 1918, in the context of his family background and the history of Germany.

About the Author

Michael Balfour (1908-1995) was a writer, historian and public servant. Educated at Rugby and Balliol College, Oxford, he held various senior civil servant posts before becoming Professor of European History at the University of East Anglia. He wrote nine books on modern history, three of which are being reissued in Faber Finds, The Kaiser and His Times, Propaganda in War, 1939-1945 and Britain and Joseph Chamberlain.