Iron kingdom : the rise and downfall of Prussia, 1600-1947

Clark, Christopher M. (Author).

Item details

ISBN: 0674023854 (hc : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780674023857 (hc : alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
xviii, 775 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2006.

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 689-761) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

List of illustrations and maps -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. The Hohenzollerns of Brandenburg -- 2. Devastation -- 3. An extraordinary light in Germany -- 4. Majesty -- 5. Protestants -- 6. Powers in the land -- 7. Struggle for mastery -- 8. Dare to know! -- 9. Hubris and nemesis : 1789-1806 -- 10. The world the bureaucrats made -- 11. A time of iron -- 12. God's march through history -- 13. Escalation -- 14. Splendour and misery of the Prussian Revolution -- 15. Four wars -- 16. Merged into Germany -- 17. Endings -- Notes -- Index.