Bismarck and Germany 1862-1890, 2nd Edition

Part One: The Setting
1. The background.
2. Bismarck.

Part Two: The Defeat of Austria
3. The Constitutional Conflict and the Liberal Opposition.
4. The Road to Koniggratz.

Part Three:
5. The North German Confederation.
6. Bismarck, Napoleon and the Southern States.
7. The Franco-Prussian War and the Unification of Germany.

Part Four: The Second Reich: The Economic and Constitutional Context
8. The Second Reich: A Hybrid State.
9. The Financial Crisis of 1873 and the Great Depression.

Part Five: Domestic Politics
10. The Kulturkampf and the Decline of the Liberals.
11. The Conservative Empire.

Part Six: German Foreign and Colonial Policy.
12. Germany and Europe, 1871-90.
13. The Creation of the German Colonial Empire.

Part Seven: Assessment
14. Bismarck in Myth and Reality.

Part Eight: Documents.
Glossary.
Bibliography.
Index.