This text offers comprehensive coverage of the major issues of the Second Reich from its formation in 1871. Including discussion of Germany as the power centre of Europe and detailing both domestic and foreign policy, this book explains and contextualizes the formation and structure of the Second Reich. Through analysis of the economy, society, World War I and collapse, this book seeks to aid understanding of wider European History and Germany's role in the world in the 19th and 20th century.
