Europe and Western Civilization in the Modern Age

The Unification of Germany (1x16)

Udgivelsesdato: Mar 22, 1998

No conservative leader was more skillful at co-opting nationalism than Prince Otto von Bismarck, chief minister of Prussia beginning in 1858. He used a combination of liberal economic policy, popular nationalism, astute diplomatic maneuvering, and sheer military might to pursue his goals, securing the unification of Germany under Prussian leadership in 1871.