Kaiser Wilhelm II was the last Emperor of Germany. His delicate ego, intense jealousies, and unpredictable temper led straight to the calamitous events of WWI and the fall of the House of Hohenzollern ...

Fuelled by a desire to convey the truth of the rapidly changing world around them, two groups of artists — Die Brücke and Der Blaue Reiter — ...

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

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The "revisionists" got to work in the 1920s, adjusting the Kaiser's reputation and Germany's as well. Historians such as S.B. Fay ("The Origins of World War") challenged the notion of German war guilt ...

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, ...

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 ...

Two old men who played together occasionally as lads and have both retired to chop wood for amusement are Wilhelm II, 67, and Poultney Bigelow, 71, eccentric U. S. journalist-lecturer. While the ...

“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 ...