Thinking and Memory -- Bismarck's Memoirs (Complete Three Volumes)

Author: Bismarck
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Publish Date: 2006-02-17
Features: As one of the most outstanding statesmen and diplomats of late 19th-century Europe, the "Iron Chancellor" Bismarck witnessed, participated in, and organized many of the wars and significant political events of his era. His greatest achievement was uniting the fragmented German states into a powerful nation amidst the of war. Thinking and Memories is the memoir Bismarck wrote with all his effort after his resignation in 1890. It not only recounts the past and reflects on the past but also serves as his political testament. His dynamic and tumultuous life, his political thought and diplomatic strategies, and the complex and ever-changing history of 19th-century Germany and Europe are all vividly presented. This is not only a personal biography of a "hero of the great era" but also a "precious legacy of the German nation." Bismarck dedicated this book to his descendants to understand the past and teach the future.