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Bismarck

Bismarck

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Number of Chapters: 12

Length: 07 hours and 20 minutes

Language: English

Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898) famously said, "The great questions of the day will not be settled by speeches or the decisions of the majority...but by iron and blood." Prince Bismarck unified the German states under Prussian hegemony through a series of carefully orchestrated wars, which excluded Austria from the new Confederation and added Schleswig-Holstein, and Alsace-Lorraine to Germany. But Bismarck avoided useless confrontations and was, above all, a master of balance of power diplomacy. His skills, both at home and abroad, won him the loyal support of Kaiser Wilhelm I. Paternalistic and socially conservative, Bismarck established for workers the very first government sickness, accident, and old-age insurance. This pithy, if pungent little biography was written in 1918 by the French historian, Georges Lacour-Gayet, who often lets Bismarck tell his story in his own inimitable words. - Summary by Pamela Nagami

Ch. 1: Years of Preparation, Pt. 1 (Pamela Nagami)

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Ch. 1: Years of Preparation, Pt. 1 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 1: Years of Preparation, Pt. 2 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 2: The First Passage of Arms, Pt. 1 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 2: The First Passage of Arms, Pt. 2 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 3: Sadowa, Pt. 1 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 3: Sadowa, Pt. 2 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 4: The War of 1870, Pt. 1 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 4: The War of 1870, Pt. 2 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 5: The German Empire, Pt. 1 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 5: The German Empire, Pt. 2 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 6: Last Fights, Pt. 1 (Pamela Nagami)
Ch. 6: Last Fights, Pt. 2 (Pamela Nagami)
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