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Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941) is one of the most fascinating figures in European history, ruling Imperial Germany from his accession in 1888 to his enforced abdication in 1918 at the end of the First World War. In one slim volume, John Röhl offers readers a concise and accessible survey of his monumental three-volume biography of the Kaiser and his reign. The book sheds new light on Wilhelm's troubled youth, his involvement in social and political scandals, and his growing thirst for glory, which, combined with his overwhelming nationalism and passion for the navy provided the impetus for a breathtaking long-term goal: the transformation of the German Reich into one of the foremost powers in the world. The volume examines the crucial role played by Wilhelm as Germany's Supreme War Lord in the policies that led to war in 1914. It concludes by describing the rabid anti-Semitism he developed in exile and his efforts to persuade Hitler to restore him to the throne.

William --- Vilʹgelʹm --- Wilhelm --- Guilelmus --- Wei-lien --- Vilkhelm --- Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert, --- Guillaume --- Guillermo --- Germany --- Kings and rulers --- History

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From renowned scholar William A. Schabas, this title sheds light on perhaps the most important international trial that never was: that of Kaiser Wilhelm II following the First World War. Schabas draws on numerous primary sources hitherto unexamined in published work, to craft a history of the very beginnings of international criminal justice.

World War, 1914-1918 --- Public opinion. --- William --- Europe --- Intellectual life --- Foreign public opinion --- Vilʹgelʹm --- Wilhelm --- Guilelmus --- Wei-lien --- Vilkhelm --- Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert, --- Guillaume --- Guillermo

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In 1904, the indigenous Herero people of German South West Africa (now Namibia) rebelled against their German occupiers. In the following four years, the German army retaliated, killing between 60,000and 100,000 Herero people, one of the worst atrocities ever. The history of the Herero genocide remains a key issue for many around the world partly because the German policy not to pay reparations for the Namibian genocide contrasts with its long-standing Holocaust reparations policy. The Herero case bears not only on transitional justice issues throughout Africa, but also on legal issues elsewhere in the world where reparations for colonial injustices have been called for.
This book explores the events within the context of German South West Africa (GSWA) as the only German colony where settlement was actually attempted. The study contends that the genocide was not the work of one rogue general or the practices of the military, but that it was inexorably propelled by Germany's national goals at the time. The book argues that the Herero genocide was linked to Germany's late entry into the colonial race, which led it frenetically and ruthlessly to acquire multiple colonies all over the world within a very short period, using any means available.

Jeremy Sarkin is Chairperson-Rapporteur of the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, and is at present Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York. He is also an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa and of the State of New York. A graduate of the University of the Western Cape and of Harvard Law School he has been visiting professor at several US universities where he has taught Comparative Law, International Human Rights Law, International Criminal Law and Transitional Justice

Southern Africa (South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, Namibia and Zimbabwe): University of Cape Town Press/Juta

Genocide --- Herero (African people) --- Génocide --- Herero (Peuple d'Afrique) --- History --- Histoire --- William --- Namibia --- Namibie --- Génocide --- Cleansing, Ethnic --- Ethnic cleansing --- Ethnic purification --- Ethnocide --- Purification, Ethnic --- Crime --- Vilʹgelʹm --- Wilhelm --- Guilelmus --- Wei-lien --- Vilkhelm --- Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert, --- Guillaume --- Guillermo --- History. --- German South West Africa. --- Germany's national goals. --- Herero genocide. --- Kaiser Wilhelm II. --- colonial injustices. --- colonial race. --- transitional justice.

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Kaiser Wilhelm II, Queen Victoria's eldest grandchild, took over the running of the powerful German Reich from Bismarck and within a couple of decades had led it into world war and collapse. How did the Kaiser come to have so much power? Why was there no one to help him steer a less disastrous course? This book analyses these crucial questions with the help of a wealth of new archival sources. The book begins with a character-sketch of the Kaiser which provides new and alarming insights into his personality. It then looks, crucially, at the Kaiser's friends and favourites, the neo-absolutist culture of the court and of Berlin court society, and at the nature of his relationship with the court on the one hand and with the administrative 'pyramid' in Prussia and the Reich on the other. The book makes clear that these bureaucrats and diplomats had neither the means nor the will to oppose the overwhelming determination of the Kaiser and his close friends and advisers in directing the policies of the most dynamic and volatile state in Europe. The dangerous consequences of this situation led to the brink of world war as early as December 1912. A final chapter reveals for the first time the appalling extent and nature of the exiled Kaiser's anti-semitism.

William --- Guillaume --- Views on Jews. --- Et les juifs --- Germany --- Allemagne --- Kings and rulers --- Biography --- Politics and government --- Rois et souverains --- Biographies --- Politique et gouvernement --- 1888-1918 --- William II --- William - II, - German Emperor, - 1859-1941. --- Biography. --- Vilʹgelʹm --- Wilhelm --- Guilelmus --- Wei-lien --- Vilkhelm --- Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert, --- Guillermo --- Monarchs. --- William II, German Emperor

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