Kaiser Wilhelm II New Interpretations

Kaiser Wilhelm Ii (18591941) Is One Of The Most Fascinating Figures In European History. Inheriting The ''Mightiest Throne On Earth'' In 1888 He Played A Central Part In Fashioning The Policies Which Culminated In The Catastrophe Of 191418 The Collapse Of The Reich And His Own Abdication. To An Extraordinary Extent He Was Also Representative Of His Epoch: Brilliant Bizarre Aggressive Insecure. Yet German Historians Have Virtually Ignored Him. They Have Written The History Of The Kaiserreich Without The Kaiser Of Wilhelminism Without Wilhelm Leaving The Field To The Amateurs. Recently The Conviction Has Been Growing In Germany As Well As In American And Great Britain That The Huge Advances Achieved In The Social And Economic History Of Imperial Germany Must Now Be Complemented By Deeper Research Into The Kaiser''S Character His Role In Decision-Making And His Relationship To The Social And Cultural Values Of His Era. In September 1979 A Dozen Historians Met In The Kaiser''S Palace On Corfu To Discuss These Questions: This Book Contains Their Findings.