Bismarck and the Development of Germany The Period of Unification, 1815-1871

By virtue of his superb mastery of the vast Bismarck literature and by his own sound historical sense, Mr. Pflanze cuts through many of the ideological controversies which have hitherto obscured rather than illuminated Bismarck. Nor is this focus narrowly biographical. Rather he seeks to grasp both the man and the forces with which he had to contend, and the result is a clear view of the interplay of German internal development with Bismarck's diplomacy and wars. . . . Mr. Pflanze's work will long endure as an excellent study of the public career of an extraordinary statesman.Pflanze, Otto is the author of 'Bismarck and the Development of Germany The Period of Unification, 1815-1871' with ISBN 9780691007656 and ISBN 0691007659.