The convoluted history of early modern Germany is tied to the personality of the autocratic Prime Minister Otto Von Bismarck and the Prussian bureaucratic machine. This short volume follows the rise of Prussia over the other German states. It's an enlightening look at the development of Germany as a world economic power under a semi-absolutist regime. This book is -- thankfully -- an understandable and concise account of the German national drama on the eve of World War I.  (GER14, $15.95)

World War I