{"product_id":"2026200013091-secondhand-bismarck","title":"Bismarck","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Worn\/faded, no tears\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew figures in modern European history cast as long a shadow as Otto von Bismarck, the Iron Chancellor who forged a fractured collection of German states into a unified empire through a lethal combination of political genius and calculated ruthlessness. In Bismarck, Edward Crankshaw presents a masterful biographical portrait of this towering statesman, chronicling his meteoric rise from Junker obscurity to the architect of a new European order, a man who manipulated kings, humiliated emperors, and reshaped the continent's balance of power through sheer force of will.\n\nCrankshaw, one of the twentieth century's most celebrated interpreters of Central and Eastern European affairs, brings his trademark clarity and penetrating intelligence to bear on a subject of immense complexity. His prose is authoritative yet compellingly readable, cutting through historical myth to reveal a Bismarck who was as contradictory as he was brilliant — a conservative revolutionary, a warmonger who genuinely feared chaos. For anyone seeking to understand how the modern world was made, this essential biography poses a question that lingers long after the final page: was Bismarck the saviour of Germany, or the man who sowed the seeds of its ultimate destruction?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203288309979,"sku":"2026200013091-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/caf79222-e160-44a7-933c-468c75d12786.png?v=1788147660","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200013091-secondhand-bismarck","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}