Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871-1918 by Katja Hoyer

4.07 AVERAGE

_bigman_'s review against another edition

4.5
dark informative medium-paced
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emolr's review against another edition

4.0
challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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mj470's review against another edition

4.0
This is how you introduce a conflict. This is a very readable overview of the creation of Germany and through the first world war. I have read a lot on this topic but I still gained a lot of insight into Bismark and Kaiser Wilhelm. This is not an in-depth study but a broad survey of the political sentiments that created or divided the German-speaking peoples. 

Now go listen to Dan Carlin's Blueprint For Armageddon!

rgkeogh's review against another edition

5.0
Excellent interpretation of an underappreciated part of German History. Brilliant insight without having to link towards the Third Reich. A political but inextricably social and personal history of people living life in the early days of a modern nation.

rachelcw18's review against another edition

3.0
idk why she loves Bismarck so much

drewpenner's review against another edition

4.5
informative fast-paced

marydelacruz's review against another edition

5.0
informative fast-paced

garrisondh's review against another edition

3.0
informative fast-paced
Not exactly groundbreaking history or narrative storytelling. Fairly conservative in its historiography, too. Fine if you’re new to the subject, but well-trodden and fairly superficial ground otherwise. 

alanacca123's review against another edition

3.75
informative medium-paced
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dmathuna's review against another edition

3.75
informative fast-paced