Synopses & Reviews
Friedrich von Holstein (1837 1909) was Bismarck's subordinate at the German Foreign Office. Since his death historians have combined to make him a monster of sinister and self-seeking policy. At various times von Holstein kept diaries, began memoirs, and wrote and received letters, and many of these survive. A selection of this Nachlass, which was first published in volume form between 1955 and 1963, is presented here. The original effect of this publication prompted an entire re-judgement of Bismarck, of German foreign policy at that time and since, and naturally of Holstein himself. The memoirs in this first volume were written in 1883, 1898 and 1906 1909. They include accounts of von Holstein's own career, essays on political subjects and personal impressions. There are fascinating sections on Bismarck, the Franco-Prussian war, and particularly the deterioration of German British relations. These memoirs were his most formal compositions of this kind.
Synopsis
This four-volume set accumulates the writings and correspondence of Friedrich von Holstein (1837-1909).
Synopsis
This four-volume set includes a selection of the Nachlass of Bismarck's subordinate Friedrich von Holstein (1837-1909), which was first published in volume form between 1955 and 1963. This publication prompted an entire re-judgement of Bismarck, of German foreign policy at that time and since, and of Holstein himself.
Table of Contents
Volume 1: Preface; Introduction; Acknowledgements; 1. St Petersburg, 1861-2; 2. The war against Denmark, 1964; 3. Preliminaries and outbreak of the Franco Prussian War, 1867-70; 4. The conclusion of peace, 1871; 5. Radowitz; 6. The Franco-German rapprochement; 7. Bismarck's Russian policy; 8. Bismarck and Wilhelm II; 9. The background of Anglo-German hostility. Germany's Bosnian policy; 10. Wilhelm II and Foreign Policy; 11. The Kaiser's relations to politics and to the chancellor; Appendices; Index. Volume 2: Preface; Introduction; Diaries: 1. 1881, 1882; 2. 1883; 3. 1884; 4. 1885; 5. 1886; 6. 1887; 7. 1888; Appendices; Index. Volume 3: Introduction; Part I. Correspondence: 1. 1861; 2. 1868; 3. 1869; 4. 1871; 5. 1874; 6. 1876-7; 7. 1878-9; 8. 1880; 9. 1881; 10. 1882; 11. 1883; 12. 1884; 13. 1885; 14. 1886; 15. 1887; 16. 1888; 17. 1889; 18. 1890; 19. 1891; 20; 1892; 21. 1893; 22. 1894; 23. 1895; 24. 1896; Volume 4: Part II. Correspondence: 25. 1897; 26. 1898; 27. 1899; 28. 1900; 29. 1901; 30. 1902; 31. 1903; 32. 1904; 33. 1905; 34. 1906; 35. 1907; 36. 1908; 37. 1909; Index to correspondence 1861-1909 (two volumes).