The Kaiser's Memoirs
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The Kaiser's Memoirs is a memoir by King Wilhelm II. He was the last German Emperor and monarch of Prussia, known for tackling problems at the grass-roots himself, and reigning from 15th of June 1888 until his abdication on the 9th of November 1918.
Chapters (489)
- THE KAISER'S MEMOIRS
- CONTENTS
- CHAPTER I Bismarck
- HIS GRANDFATHER'S SUCCESSOR
- THE MAN WITH THE HYENA'S EYES
- BISMARCK'S CONTINENTAL PREPOSSESSIONS
- SOURCE OF RUSSIAN ENMITY
- INTERCOURT POLITICS
- TO OFFER DARDANELLES TO RUSSIA
- PROPHECY OF RUSSIAN DOWNFALL
- RELIEF AT CHANCELLOR'S DISMISSAL
- GERMANY AS PEACEMAKER
- HE BECOMES EMPEROR
- VICTORIA'S HAND IS FELT
- CONFLICT ON TURKISH POLICY
- HIS ATTITUDE TOWARD PARTIES
- THE BREAK WITH BISMARCK
- HANDLING A COAL STRIKE
- FURTHER CONFLICT WITH CHANCELLOR
- BISMARCK'S LABOR VIEWS
- GERMAN SOCIAL PROBLEMS
- "WELFARE WORK" AT THE COURT
- THE CHANCELLOR IN ACTION
- CHAPTER II Caprivi
- BISMARCK'S SUCCESSOR
- THE DEAL FOR HELIGOLAND
- CHAPTER III Hohenlohe
- SOME DIPLOMATIC FENCING
- THE SEIZURE OF TSING-TAO
- QUEST FOR COALING STATIONS
- FINDS SEED OF WORLD WAR[3]
- DEVELOPMENT OF TSING-TAO
- REPROACHES FOR JAPAN
- THE KRUGER TELEGRAM[5]
- SAYS HE SIGNED AGAINST HIS WILL
- DEAL WITH CECIL RHODES
- PEN SKETCH OF HOHENLOHE
- CHANCELLOR'S RETIREMENT
- CHAPTER IV Bülow
- BÜLOW A DISCIPLE OF BISMARCK
- HOLSTEIN'S SECRET POWER
- DISMISSAL—AND AN ENEMY
- BRITISH ALLIANCE FAILS
- AGAIN KAISER "GIVES IN"
- NEGOTIATIONS FRUITLESS
- FINDS FAULT WITH CONSERVATIVES
- HIS FRIENDSHIP WITH BÜLOW
- DEFENDS FAMOUS INTERVIEW[6]
- A BREAK WITH BÜLOW
- CHAPTER V Bethmann
- RECEIVES BRITISH ROYALTY
- "EDWARD THE ENCIRCLER"
- THE PICHON CONVERSATION
- FINDS FAULT WITH BETHMANN
- EARLY GERMAN VICTORIES
- CHANCELLOR'S DIPLOMATIC POWER
- DISCLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY
- FESTIVITIES IN ENGLAND
- SURPRISE AT BRITISH NOTE
- DIPLOMATIC PREPAREDNESS
- SELECTION OF CHURCHILL
- SUSPECTS ENGLISH PURPOSES
- COUNTERCHARGES OF CHEATING
- DEFENDS NAVAL PROGRAM
- KINGSHIP OF ALBANIA
- OPPOSED CHOICE OF GERMAN
- REQUIREMENTS OF A RULER
- CHAPTER VI My Co-workers in the Administration
- ACADEMY'S SHACKLES BROKEN
- CHAPTER VII Science and Art
- CHEMICAL RESEARCH
- KAISER'S RUSSIAN FORESIGHT
- ARCHITECTURAL INTERESTS
- "ILIAD" AS A GUIDE BOOK
- CHAPTER VIII My Relations with the Church
- FRIENDSHIP FOR POPE LEO XIII
- "SWORD OF CATHOLIC CHURCH"
- DOCTOR DRYANDER'S INFLUENCE
- THE CHURCH IN JERUSALEM
- SCHOLARSHIP AND RELIGION
- KAISER'S THEOLOGY
- CHAPTER IX Army and Navy
- BELIEVES OFFICERS STILL LOYAL
- BETTER MILITARY EQUIPMENT
- FIGHT IN THE REICHSTAG
- FEVERISH HASTE FOR NAVY
- COLONEL GOETHAL'S VISIT
- COMING OF THE DREADNAUGHT
- IMPATIENT FOR U-BOATS
- CHAPTER X The Outbreak of War
- SAYS WAR WAS NOT FORESEEN
- RUSSIAN CROWN COUNCIL
- THE COSSACK'S TESTIMONY
- STORES OF ENGLISH COATS
- PROUD OF GERMAN ARMY
- CHAPTER XI The Pope and Peace
- URGES PAPAL INTERCESSION
- SCOUTS DANGER FROM "PIAZZA"
- WINS PROMISE OF ACTION
- CHAPTER XII End of the War and My Abdication
- MOVEMENT FOR ABDICATION
- SAYS ARMY WAS STILL STRONG
- "JOYFULLY RECEIVED" BY ARMY
- SOCIALIST ACTIVITY
- PRINCE MAX INSISTENT
- DENIES HE FORSOOK FOLLOWERS
- PROUD OF THE ARMY
- CHAPTER XIII The Enemy Tribunal and the Neutral Tribunal
- RECALLS PLIGHT OF VERCINGETORIX
- HINDENBURG'S LETTER
- THE KAISER'S LETTER
- SILENT UNDER ATTACKS
- CALLS ACCUSATION FUTILE
- CHAPTER XIV The Question of Guilt
- NAVY MERELY PROTECTIVE
- PURPOSE OF "ENCIRCLEMENT"
- SOUGHT ENGLAND'S FRIENDSHIP
- GRAND DUKE'S VISIT
- AMERICAN FACTORS IN DEFEAT
- FOURTEEN POINTS ABANDONED
- ACCEPTED "SIGHT UNSEEN"
- INADEQUATE PREPAREDNESS
- BLAMES FRANCE FOR 1870
- "MISTAKEN, BUT NOT GUILTY"
- CHARGES ENGLISH INSINCERITY
- HOPES FOR VERSAILLES REACTION
- CHAPTER XV The Revolution and Germany's Future
- WIND AND WHIRLWIND
- ANOTHER GERMAN MISTAKE
- FOOTNOTES
- INDEX
- TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE
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