Wilhelm II - Into the Abyss of War and Exile, 1900-1941

This final volume of John Roehl's acclaimed biography of Kaiser Wilhelm II reveals the Kaiser's central role in the origins of the First World War. The book examines the Kaiser's part in the Boer War, the Russo-Japanese War, the naval arms race with Britain and Germany's rivalry with the United States as well as in the crises over Morocco, Bosnia and Agadir. It also sheds new light on the public scandals which accompanied his reign from the allegations of homosexuality made against his intimate friends to the Daily Telegraph Affair. Above all, John Roehl scrutinises the mounting tension between Germany and Britain and the increasing pressure the Kaiser exerted on his Austro-Hungarian ally from 1912 onwards to resolve the Serbian problem. Following Germany's defeat and Wilhelm's enforced abdication, he charts the Kaiser's bitter experience of exile in Holland and his frustrated hopes that Hitler would restore him to the throne.

Product details

• Authors: John C. Roehl, John C G Röhl, John C. G. Röhl
• Assisted by: Sheila de Bellaigue (Translation), Roy Bridge (Translation), Bridge Roy (Translation)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.03.2017
• EAN: 9781107544192
• ISBN: 978-1-107-54419-2
• No. of pages: 1570
• Dimensions: 170 mm x 245 mm x 60 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book; European History, Biography: historical, political & military, Germany, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, 20th Century, military history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, c 1910 to c 1919, Modern warfare, Biography: historical, political and military, c 1900 to c 1909, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period)