William Tyler
- Mar 3
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Short Booklist: Bismarck & German Unification

Updated: Mar 6

Bismarck: A Life Jonathan Steinberg

Bismarck: The Iron Chancellor Volker Ullrich

Blood and Iran: Germany 1871-1918 (Ch1 1815-71) Katja Hoyer (Outstanding author)

Englanders and Huns James Hawes

Our German Cousins John Mander

From Bismarck to Hitler 1890-1933 Geoff Layton (Access to History text book)

All the above books deal with more than just Unification. I will also issue a second booklist to cover Bismarck and The Home Front, plus the path to 1914 next time.

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