Jonathan Steinberg is the Walter H. Annenberg Professor of Modern European History at the University of Pennsylvania, and Emeritus Fellow, Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He is the author of Yesterday's Deterrent: Tirpitz and the Birth of the German Battle Fleet (1965), Why Switzerland? (2nd ed.1996) and All or Nothing: The Axis and the Holocaust, 1941 to 1943 (classic edition 2002). He was also the principal author of The Deutsche Bank and its Gold Transactions during the Second World War (1999).

• 1. Introduction: Bismarck's 'Sovereign Self' ; 2. Born Prussian and What that Meant ; 3. Bismarck: The 'Mad Junker' ; 4. Bismarck Represents Himself, 1847-1851 ; 5. Bismarck as Diplomat, 1851-1862 ; 6. Power ; 7. 'I have beaten them all! All!' ; 8. The Unification of Germany, 1866-1870 ; 9. The Decline Begins: Liberals and Catholics ; 10. 'The Guest House of the Dead Jew' ; 11. Three Kaisers and Bismarck's Fall from Power ; 12. Conclusion. Bismarck's Legacy: Blood and Irony ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index

This is an austere and thoughtful book ... Steinberg has given us a major biography.

Jonathan Steinberg is the Walter H. Annenberg Professor of Modern European History at the University of Pennsylvania, and Emeritus Fellow, Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He is the author of Yesterday's Deterrent: Tirpitz and the Birth of the German Battle Fleet (1965), Why Switzerland? (2nd ed.1996) and All or Nothing: The Axis and the Holocaust, 1941 to 1943 (classic edition 2002). He was also the principal author of The Deutsche Bank and its Gold Transactions during the Second World War (1999).

• 1. Introduction: Bismarck's 'Sovereign Self' ; 2. Born Prussian and What that Meant ; 3. Bismarck: The 'Mad Junker' ; 4. Bismarck Represents Himself, 1847-1851 ; 5. Bismarck as Diplomat, 1851-1862 ; 6. Power ; 7. 'I have beaten them all! All!' ; 8. The Unification of Germany, 1866-1870 ; 9. The Decline Begins: Liberals and Catholics ; 10. 'The Guest House of the Dead Jew' ; 11. Three Kaisers and Bismarck's Fall from Power ; 12. Conclusion. Bismarck's Legacy: Blood and Irony ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index

This is an austere and thoughtful book ... Steinberg has given us a major biography.

Jonathan Steinberg is the Walter H. Annenberg Professor of Modern European History at the University of Pennsylvania, and Emeritus Fellow, Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He is the author of Yesterday's Deterrent: Tirpitz and the Birth of the German Battle Fleet (1965), Why Switzerland? (2nd ed.1996) and All or Nothing: The Axis and the Holocaust, 1941 to 1943 (classic edition 2002). He was also the principal author of The Deutsche Bank and its Gold Transactions during the Second World War (1999).

• 1. Introduction: Bismarck's 'Sovereign Self' ; 2. Born Prussian and What that Meant ; 3. Bismarck: The 'Mad Junker' ; 4. Bismarck Represents Himself, 1847-1851 ; 5. Bismarck as Diplomat, 1851-1862 ; 6. Power ; 7. 'I have beaten them all! All!' ; 8. The Unification of Germany, 1866-1870 ; 9. The Decline Begins: Liberals and Catholics ; 10. 'The Guest House of the Dead Jew' ; 11. Three Kaisers and Bismarck's Fall from Power ; 12. Conclusion. Bismarck's Legacy: Blood and Irony ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index

This is an austere and thoughtful book ... Steinberg has given us a major biography.