
Bismarck
The Man and the Statesman
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Narrated by:
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Nigel Patterson
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By:
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A.J.P. Taylor
In this compelling biography, historian A. J. P. Taylor reevaluates Bismarck's motives and methods, focusing on the chancellor's rise to power in the 1860s and his removal from office in 1890.
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Excellent book
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Great narration
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this does not follow the norm. Typically we learn of the subect's early years and the formation of the person and the leaderl they become. We learn of either privilege or austere up bringings and how these form their decisions later in life. Most writers bring life to their subject with clever stories, opionions and insight. This book does none of that. it jumps in and has all the depth and passion of a business journal I can't recommend this book.
Not what I expected
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Reason #1:
Sometimes a good writer will jump into a topic and write a book in a short period of time which doesn’t have the depth of thought to reflect the depth of the subject. That is not the case with Taylor and this time period. He has spent his whole career doing groundbreaking research on the geopolitics of the period and has written several books on German history before and after this time. This gives him the subject matter expertise on the time and space to do this right.
Reason #2:
Another fundamental aspect of this book I enjoyed was Taylor’s recognition that what is now the well-documented past was once the unpredictable future. This comes across on every page of this book. Nowhere is it assumed that X event will happen a year after Y decision. All decisions are discussed in the mindset of a person with only the information available at that time. The flawed theories of today were once the best known explanations of yesterday and Taylor is respectful of that uncertainty in all his subjects’ minds.
These two aspects of Taylor’s writing stand out to make this a simply marvelous work.
I can only hope Audible will record all AJP Taylor’s other works, especially “the Course of German History”.
A Best-in-Class Biography
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surprisingly good
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Old school history
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Good, but read a primer first
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Very educational
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A very good overview
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Nice info
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