The Potsdam Führer : : Frederick William I, Father of Prussian Militarism / / Robert Ergang.

Evaluates the history of Prussia by focusing on Frederick William as a man, a king, an army builder, and diplomat.

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CUP eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub)
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1941]
©1941
Year of Publication:1941
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • I. Introduction
  • II. The Prussian Court at the Opening of the Eighteenth Century
  • III. Frederick William the Man
  • IV. Frederick William Becomes King
  • V. The Building of the Army
  • VI. The Regiment of Giants
  • VII. Frederick William Creates the Prussian Bureaucracy
  • VIII. Frederick William's Attempts at Judicial Reform
  • IX. Education and Toleration
  • X. Frederick William the Mercantilist
  • XI. Frederick William as Diplomatist
  • XII. Frederick William Militarizes His Son
  • XIII. A Victorious General Succeeds the Military Organizer
  • Bibliography
  • Index