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Kaiser Wilhelm II: The Life and Legacy of Germany's Emperor during World War I

Kaiser Wilhelm II: The Life and Legacy of Germany's Emperor during World War I

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Presidents & Heads of State

ISBN10: 1493785087
ISBN13: 9781493785087
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Nov 17 2013
Pages: 42
Weight: 0.15
Height: 0.09 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
*Includes pictures.
*Includes a bibliography for further reading.

You will be home before the leaves fall from the trees. - Kaiser Wilhelm II to German troops leaving for the front at the start of World War I.
Kaiser Friedrich Wilhelm II, who occupied the throne of the German Empire for more than 30 years from June 1888-November 1918, remains as much an enigma in death as he was in life. Over 70 years after his death in 1941, the mention of his name still sparks unsettled debates among historians. Was he the duty-bound, hands-on leader and passionate pro-British reformer who ruled in challenging times, seemingly mild by comparison with Hitler? Or was he an inept, mentally imbalanced and reckless seeker of attention? Was he even possibly a tragic hero that could only fail at his task given the complexities of his age? At the core of such diverse opinions are the contradictory assumptions found within the vast amount of scholarship that exists on the emperor and his era. On one point, however, there is agreement: his influence on imperial Germany was enormous.

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