Bismarck

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A first‑hand diary by a long‑time confidant of the German chancellor, compiling twenty‑five years of official and private intercourse into daily notes, reproduced documents, and restored passages. It chronicles diplomatic negotiations, cabinet deliberations, and episodes from the Franco‑German conflict while interweaving candid character sketches that acknowledge political skill alongside personal faults. The work foregrounds behind‑the‑scenes decision making, the routines and culture of diplomacy, and the personal networks that shaped policy, aiming to provide an eyewitness, document‑based account rather than partisan eulogy or sustained criticism.

NOTE

The English edition of Dr. Busch’s work which we publish to-day has been translated from the original German text in the possession of the publishers. A few passages have, however, been omitted as defamatory, or otherwise unsuitable for publication. Dr. Busch contemplated incorporating bodily in the first volume a reproduction of his earlier work: Prince Bismarck and his People during the Franco-German War; but while the many valuable additions which he made to it have been preserved, such portions as would no longer have presented any special interest for English readers have been considerably abridged.