Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter iii
2. Contents vii
3. List of Tables viii
4. Preface ix
5. Acknowledgment xi
6. Abbreviations xiii
7. CHAPTER I. The Organization of the Foreign Office 1
8. CHAPTER II. Intelligence and Income 21
9. CHAPTER III. Birth and Background 58
10. CHAPTER IV. Diplomats and Soldiers 104
11. CHAPTER V. Careers 147
12. CHAPTER VI. The Crown 190
13. CHAPTER VII. Bismarck, the Succession, and the Foreign Office 226
14. CHAPTER VIII. Caprivi and Hohenlohe 257
15. CHAPTER IX. Bulow and Bethmann Hollweg 289
16. CHAPTER X. Diplomats and Deputies 320
17. Bibliography of Manuscript Sources 329
18. Index 337
19. Backmatter 353