This riveting biography illuminates the life of the statesman who unified Germany but who also embodied everything brutal and ruthless about Prussian culture Writing styleīiography type individual biography 385884 Cataloging source DLC Steinberg, Jonathan Dewey number 943. Language eng Summary Otto von Bismarck transformed Europe more completely than anybody in the 19thcentury-except for Napoleon. Steinberg gives us a narrative account of Bismarcks life, attempting to explain how he came to play such a major role in German and European politics. true Germany - Politics and government - 1871-1888.As one contemporary noted: 'the Bismarck regime was a constant orgy of scorn and abuse of mankind, collectively and individually.'Ī brilliant study in power, this comprehensive biography brings Bismarck to life, revealing the stark contrast between the 'Iron Chancellor's' unmatched political skills and his profoundly flawed human character.Label Bismarck : a life Title Bismarck Title remainder a life Statement of responsibility Jonathan Steinberg Creator Jonathan Steinberg draws heavily on contemporary writings, allowing Bismarcks friends and foes to tell the story. The narrative obviously focuses on Bismarck, but it also explains the German political system that existed during the second half of the nineteenth century. He was a kind of malign genius who, behind the various postures, concealed an ice-cold contempt for his fellow human beings and a drive to control and rule them. This riveting, New York Times bestselling biography illuminates the life of Otto von Bismarck, the statesman who unified Germany but who also embodied everything brutal and ruthless about Prussian culture. Jonathan Steinberg's biography is an interesting and informative look at one of the greatest statesman of all time. But all agreed there was also something demonic, diabolical, and overwhelming in Bismarck's personality. His brilliance and insight dazzled his contemporaries. Bismarck may have been in sheer ability the most intelligent man to direct a great state in modern times. What rises from these pages is a complex giant of a man: a hypochondriac with the constitution of an ox, a brutal tyrant who could easily shed tears, a convert to an extreme form of evangelical Protestantism who secularized schools and introduced civil divorce. Jonathan Steinberg draws heavily on contemporary writings, allowing Bismarck's friends and foes to tell the story. This riveting, New York Times bestselling biography illuminates the life of Otto von Bismarck, the statesman who unified Germany but who also embodied everything brutal and ruthless about Prussian culture.

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