Gustav Stresemann

Karl Heinrich Pohl taught history and pedagogy at the University of Kiel before his retirement in 2010. He was awarded the Wolf-Erich Kellner Prize in 2002 and published widely on German history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

• List of FiguresList of AbbreviationsChronologyIntroductionChapter 1. A LifeChapter 2. The Will to RiseChapter 3. Economic and Social CapitalChapter 4. Political CapitalChapter 5. A Life in TurmoilChapter 6. German and European PoliticsChapter 7. AfterlifeConclusion: The Crossover ArtistSelected Works by Gustav StresemannBibliographyIndex

“…meticulously researched aspects add up to a rich portrayal of one of early twentieth-century Germany’s most spectacular individual success stories.” • Journal of Modern HistoryPraise for the German edition:“[A] substantial contribution … Pohl succeeds admirably in locating the statesman Stresemann within his personal experiences and his reactions to a tumultuous, sometimes fortuitous web of events.” • German History“Karl Heinrich Pohl’s work will definitely take its place in the existing body of Stresemann literature as an innovative and informative work that deserves serious and widespread scholarly attention.” • Perspectivia“A very interesting book … Pohl’s book is valuable in inspiring us to revisit the life and work of Gustav Stresemann.” • Sehepunkte