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Frederick the Great, Bismarck, and the Building of the German Empire i
128 pp.
| Enslow |
September, 2002 |
LibraryISBN 0-7660-1822-9$$20.95
(4)
4-6In World History series.
Though Otto von Bismarck is rightly credited with unifying the jumble of thirty-eight units that became modern Germany in 1871, his success rested on the Prussian expansion by Frederick the Great a century earlier. McGowen narrates responsibly, with endnotes, segments of primary documents and black-and-white illustrations, but the book contains many battle descriptions that sometimes seem to meld. A timeline is appended. Bib., ind.