{"product_id":"blood-and-iron-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-german-empire","title":"Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire","description":"In this vivid fifty-year history of Germany from 1871-1918—which inspired events that forever changed the European continent—here is the story of the Second Reich from its violent beginnings and rise to power to its calamitous defeat in the First World War.\n\nBefore 1871, Germany was not yet a nation but simply an idea.\n\nIts founder, Otto von Bismarck, had a formidable task at hand. How would he bring thirty-nine individual states under the yoke of a single Kaiser? How would he convince proud Prussians, Bavarians, and Rhinelanders to become Germans? Once united, could the young European nation wield enough power to rival the empires of Britain and France—all without destroying itself in the process?\n\nIn this unique study of five decades that changed the course of modern history, Katja Hoyer tells the story of the German Empire from its violent beginnings to its calamitous defeat in the First World War.\n\nThisoften startling narrative is a dramatic tale of national self-discovery, social upheaval, and realpolitik that ended, as it started, in blood and iron.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1639362975\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.1639362975.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Hoyer, Katja\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41516364300346,"sku":"DBV.1639362975.G","price":12.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/1639362975-0.jpg?v=1783731527","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/blood-and-iron-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-german-empire","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}