Otto von Bismarck
At a glance:
- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Diplomacy, International Relations, Foreign Affairs, Military History
- Subcategories: Politicians, Diplomats, Presidents, Prime Ministers, Nationalism
- Curriculum: 19th Century European History, German History
Article abstract: Military significance: Bismarck used war as an extension of diplomacy to unify the German states into the Second Reich.
Otto von Bismarck was born into the Prussian landed nobility (junkers). After an undistinguished student career in law, he became a civil servant of the kingdom of Prussia in 1839. Disillusioned with government administration after a year, he retreated to his family estates as a gentleman farmer. Managing his estate did not fulfill him, and in 1847, he entered politics as delegate to Prussia’s diet. During the revolution of...
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