Book contents
- Wilhelm II
- Wilhelm II
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface to the English edition
- Preface to the German edition
- Chapter one Death and transfiguration
- Chapter two The Kaiser and England during the Boer War
- Chapter three ‘I am the balance of power in Europe.’ Wilhelm between Britain, Russia and France
- Chapter four The Boxer Rebellion and the Baghdad railway
- Chapter five The shabby compromise: Wilhelm II and Bülow’s Chancellorship
- Chapter six Wilhelm II and the Germans, 1900 to 1904
- Chapter seven ‘We two make history and destiny is in our hands!’ Kaiser and Tsar on the eve of the Russo-Japanese War
- Chapter eight The Anglo-German antagonism: the Kaiser, the King and public opinion
- Chapter nine The Kaiser and America
- Chapter ten Uncle and nephew: Edward VII and the ‘encirclement’ of Germany
- Chapter eleven East Asia in flames: the Russo-Japanese War and its consequences
- Chapter twelve Operational plans for a war in western Europe
- Chapter thirteen ‘Paris must get one in the eye from us one day!’ The Kaiser and the first Morocco crisis
- Chapter fourteen ‘A turning-point in the history of Europe’ or the fiasco of Björkö
- Chapter fifteen Balance of power or hegemony? The Anglo-German conflict and the quarrel with King Edward
- Chapter sixteen Humiliation in Algeciras
- Chapter seventeen ‘Encirclement’: caught in the web of the Entente
- Chapter eighteen Germany’s ‘Dreadnought Leap’. The Kaiser and ‘his’ navy
- Chapter nineteen The zenith of Personal Monarchy. The Kaiser and the government on the eve of the great crisis
- Chapter twenty ‘Kings are only human, after all.’ Scandals at the Hohenzollern court
- Chapter twenty-one Prince Eulenburg’s downfall. The campaign against the Liebenberg ‘Camarilla’
- Chapter twenty-two The Kaiser’s visit to Windsor and Highcliffe, November to December 1907
- Chapter twenty-three The hot summer of 1908. On the verge of war with Britain
- Chapter twenty-four ‘Our Kaiser and his People!’ The crisis of Wilhelm’s Personal Monarchy
- Chapter twenty-five Nemesis. Wilhelm II and theDaily Telegraphaffair
- Chapter twenty-six Upheaval in the Balkans. Kaiser Wilhelm and the Bosnian annexation crisis of 1908 to 1909
- Chapter twenty-seven The ‘pantomime’: from Bülow to Bethmann Hollweg
- Chapter twenty-eight Wilhelm and the direction of foreign policy under Bethmann Hollweg
- Chapter twenty-nine The King is dead, or new hopes of an agreement with England
- Chapter thirty Agadir: the leap of thePanther
- Chapter thirty-one ‘The enemy identified.’ The acceleration of the naval race and the growing menace of war
- Chapter thirty-two ‘Already leader of the United States of Europe?’ Wilhelm and the debacle of the Haldane mission
- Chapter thirty-three November 1912: the strategic switch from west to east
- Chapter thirty-four Deterrence: the unresolved problem of Britain’s neutrality
- Chapter thirty-five ‘Berlin has warned us off again.’ The ‘postponed racial war against Slavdom’
- Chapter thirty-six Kaiser and Reich. Wilhelm’s Personal Monarchy on the eve of war
- Chapter thirty-seven ‘With head held high and hand on sword-hilt!’ Preparations for war 1913 to 1914
- Chapter thirty-eight Summer 1914: the decision for war
- Chapter thirty-nine The Kaiser’s last Norwegian cruise
- Chapter forty Confusion in Potsdam: the fear of Britain’s involvement
- Chapter forty-one Into the abyss: the outbreak of war
- Chapter forty-two The Supreme War Lord in the First World War
- Chapter forty-three The Kaiser’s war aims
- Chapter forty-four Downfall. The collapse of the Hohenzollern Monarchy
- Chapter forty-five The unicorn in winter. A new life in exile
- Chapter forty-six ‘Blood must flow, much blood!’ The Kaiser and the ‘swinish’ Weimar Republic
- Chapter forty-seven Monarch by the grace of Hitler? Wilhelm II and the Third Reich
- Notes
- Archival sources
- Bibliography
- Index
Chapter forty-two - The Supreme War Lord in the First World War
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 December 2013
Book contents
- Wilhelm II
- Wilhelm II
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface to the English edition
- Preface to the German edition
- Chapter one Death and transfiguration
- Chapter two The Kaiser and England during the Boer War
- Chapter three ‘I am the balance of power in Europe.’ Wilhelm between Britain, Russia and France
- Chapter four The Boxer Rebellion and the Baghdad railway
- Chapter five The shabby compromise: Wilhelm II and Bülow’s Chancellorship
- Chapter six Wilhelm II and the Germans, 1900 to 1904
- Chapter seven ‘We two make history and destiny is in our hands!’ Kaiser and Tsar on the eve of the Russo-Japanese War
- Chapter eight The Anglo-German antagonism: the Kaiser, the King and public opinion
- Chapter nine The Kaiser and America
- Chapter ten Uncle and nephew: Edward VII and the ‘encirclement’ of Germany
- Chapter eleven East Asia in flames: the Russo-Japanese War and its consequences
- Chapter twelve Operational plans for a war in western Europe
- Chapter thirteen ‘Paris must get one in the eye from us one day!’ The Kaiser and the first Morocco crisis
- Chapter fourteen ‘A turning-point in the history of Europe’ or the fiasco of Björkö
- Chapter fifteen Balance of power or hegemony? The Anglo-German conflict and the quarrel with King Edward
- Chapter sixteen Humiliation in Algeciras
- Chapter seventeen ‘Encirclement’: caught in the web of the Entente
- Chapter eighteen Germany’s ‘Dreadnought Leap’. The Kaiser and ‘his’ navy
- Chapter nineteen The zenith of Personal Monarchy. The Kaiser and the government on the eve of the great crisis
- Chapter twenty ‘Kings are only human, after all.’ Scandals at the Hohenzollern court
- Chapter twenty-one Prince Eulenburg’s downfall. The campaign against the Liebenberg ‘Camarilla’
- Chapter twenty-two The Kaiser’s visit to Windsor and Highcliffe, November to December 1907
- Chapter twenty-three The hot summer of 1908. On the verge of war with Britain
- Chapter twenty-four ‘Our Kaiser and his People!’ The crisis of Wilhelm’s Personal Monarchy
- Chapter twenty-five Nemesis. Wilhelm II and theDaily Telegraphaffair
- Chapter twenty-six Upheaval in the Balkans. Kaiser Wilhelm and the Bosnian annexation crisis of 1908 to 1909
- Chapter twenty-seven The ‘pantomime’: from Bülow to Bethmann Hollweg
- Chapter twenty-eight Wilhelm and the direction of foreign policy under Bethmann Hollweg
- Chapter twenty-nine The King is dead, or new hopes of an agreement with England
- Chapter thirty Agadir: the leap of thePanther
- Chapter thirty-one ‘The enemy identified.’ The acceleration of the naval race and the growing menace of war
- Chapter thirty-two ‘Already leader of the United States of Europe?’ Wilhelm and the debacle of the Haldane mission
- Chapter thirty-three November 1912: the strategic switch from west to east
- Chapter thirty-four Deterrence: the unresolved problem of Britain’s neutrality
- Chapter thirty-five ‘Berlin has warned us off again.’ The ‘postponed racial war against Slavdom’
- Chapter thirty-six Kaiser and Reich. Wilhelm’s Personal Monarchy on the eve of war
- Chapter thirty-seven ‘With head held high and hand on sword-hilt!’ Preparations for war 1913 to 1914
- Chapter thirty-eight Summer 1914: the decision for war
- Chapter thirty-nine The Kaiser’s last Norwegian cruise
- Chapter forty Confusion in Potsdam: the fear of Britain’s involvement
- Chapter forty-one Into the abyss: the outbreak of war
- Chapter forty-two The Supreme War Lord in the First World War
- Chapter forty-three The Kaiser’s war aims
- Chapter forty-four Downfall. The collapse of the Hohenzollern Monarchy
- Chapter forty-five The unicorn in winter. A new life in exile
- Chapter forty-six ‘Blood must flow, much blood!’ The Kaiser and the ‘swinish’ Weimar Republic
- Chapter forty-seven Monarch by the grace of Hitler? Wilhelm II and the Third Reich
- Notes
- Archival sources
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Wilhelm IIInto the Abyss of War and Exile, 1900–1941, pp. 1108 - 1134Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014