Following the First World War three of the largest European Empires collapsed, with the German Empire being the last, after ...

The "madman theory" is a coercive diplomatic strategy involving extreme threats and brinkmanship, exemplified by historical ...

“The Exception,” which opens tomorrow with a cast headed by Oscar winner Christopher Plummer as Germany’s exiled emperor Kaiser Wilhelm II, rates as WWII spy thriller, romantic drama and character ...

“The Exception” is a handsomely mounted World War II-era romantic thriller, enlivened by vibrant performances and vivid sexual encounters and inspired by a little-known footnote to history, the story ...

New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014. Pp. xxii, 244. Illus., notes, biblio., index. $27.99 paper. ISBN: 1107420776 Naturally, this book is not as detailed as ...

After 1890 important changes took place within the German Empire both in domestic and foreign policy. The period was marked by military parades and grandeur. Bismarck was fired by Wilhelm ii and the ...

On December 8th 1912, Kaiser Wilhelm II summoned his senior officers to his palace in Potsdam to discuss how to deal with a war on two fronts against France, Britain and Russia. "Summoned to the ...

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Wilhelm was the last German emperor (Kaiser) and king of Prussia. As a child he was subjected to cruel physical conditioning to "correct" physical disabilities. This, combined with the standard ...

While Joseph Epstein draws attention to the comically similar temperaments and personality quirks of two prominent world leaders (“The Curious Parallels Between Trump and Kaiser Wilhelm II,” op-ed, ...