The German Diplomatic Service, 1871-1914 / / Lamar Cecil.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
• VerfasserIn: Cecil, Lamar,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]; ©1976
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 1356
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (366 p.)

In this investigation of the German foreign office from 1871 to 1914, Lamar Cecil focuses on the people who conceived and executed German diplomacy rather than on diplomatic policies and stratagems. The author analyzes the men and their careers, isolating the characteristics common to the diplomats, the reasons for their selection, and the effect on their careers of various considerations of background, personality, and circumstance. His findings are based in part on the papers of Prince Bismarck and his family. The first part of the book discusses the criteria employed in choosing applicants and promoting senior diplomats. The structure of the foreign office and the conditions of entry are examined in detail, as is the association of the novice and more experienced individuals with the military element, which after 1871 found increasing accommodation in all ranks of the diplomatic establishment. The second part considers the problems with sovereigns, chancellors, and other bureaucrats encountered by members of the diplomatic service.Originally published in 1976.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgment -- Abbreviations -- CHAPTER I. The Organization of the Foreign Office -- CHAPTER II. Intelligence and Income -- CHAPTER III. Birth and Background -- CHAPTER IV. Diplomats and Soldiers -- CHAPTER V. Careers -- CHAPTER VI. The Crown -- CHAPTER VII. Bismarck, the Succession, and the Foreign Office -- CHAPTER VIII. Caprivi and Hohenlohe -- CHAPTER IX. Bulow and Bethmann Hollweg -- CHAPTER X. Diplomats and Deputies -- Bibliography of Manuscript Sources -- Index -- Backmatter