Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Abbreviations Used in the Footnotes ix
4. Introduction to Volumes Two and Three xi
5. BOOK ONE: The Reich of Iron and Blood
6. Introduction 2
7. CHAPTER ONE: Consolidation and Cleavage 3
8. CHAPTER TWO: Bismarck’s Character 32
9. CHAPTER THREE: Wealth and Social Perspective 67
10. CHAPTER FOUR: Nationalism and National Policy 93
11. BOOK TWO: A Time for “Liberalism,” 1871–1875
12. Introduction 128
13. CHAPTER FIVE: An Improvised Executive 129
14. CHAPTER SIX: Bismarck and Parliament 154
15. CHAPTER SEVEN: The Kulturkampf 179
16. CHAPTER EIGHT: Climax of the Liberal Era 207
17. CHAPTER NINE: Reconstruction in Foreign Relations 246
18. BOOK THREE: The Change of Front Begun, 1875-1878
19. Introduction 280
20. CHAPTER TEN: Economic Catastrophe and Liberal Decline 281
21. CHAPTER ELEVEN: Transition in Domestic Policy, 1875-1876 322
22. CHAPTER TWELVE: The “Chancellor Crisis” of 1877 355
23. CHAPTER THIRTEEN: The Antisocialist Statute 391
24. CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Balkan Crisis and Congress of Berlin 415
25. BOOK FOUR: The Change of Front Completed, 1879-1880
26. Introduction 444
27. CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Renewal of the Interventionist State 445
28. CHAPTER SIXTEEN: Triumph of Protectionism 469
29. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: Negotiation of the Dual Alliance 490
30. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: End of the Liberal Era 511
31. Index 539