Blood and Iron; Origin of German Empire as Revealed by Character of Its Founder Bismarck John Hubert 1868 Greusel 9781360839516 Books
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In summary, this book is very much a “love letter” to Otto von Bismarck. The author praises Bismarck’s “manly” behavior, which I would describe as aggressive, menacing, threatening, intimidating. (One instance: Bismarck threatened to have his two large dogs tear a bootmaker to shreds if the bootmaker did not have Bismarck’s new boots ready by the next day. He then left the two large dogs with a servant pacing back and forth in front of the bootmaker’s shop, with the servant occasionally reminding the bootmaker what would happen if the boots were not ready.)Bismarck believed in the “Divine Right of Kings,” but not in rights for the common man. He believed in Prussian militarism.
In August, 1914, Germany (led by Kaiser Wilhelm II) invaded the officially neutral country of Belgium. England had an agreement to defend the officially neutral Belgium, so was immediately brought into the war, which became World War One, in which millions of people died. Armistice Day was November 11, 1918, and the Kaiser abdicated on November 10, 1918 (the day before). The author, writing in 1915, has the attitude that aggression is manliness, and manliness is a good thing, a reason for pride. I strongly suspect that if he had been forced to write the book in 1919 instead of 1915, he would have expressed less pride in Bismarck and Kaiser Wilhelm II, if not for the terrible destruction of lives of soldiers and civilians, and destruction of property, then for the loss of the war by Germany, the resulting harm to the German economy, the permanent loss of a Kaiser and the Divine Right of Kings. This book was interesting only for the attitude of the author, and that attitude compared with the devastation and horror which resulted. Could the author still have been so proud of his and Bismarck’s “might makes right” attitude?
Some quotes from the book:
“The best title to lands, the surest, the most incontrovertible – let the purists and pietists rage as they may – is the sharp edge of the sword.” (John Hubert Greusel, 1868-1946, author)
“For a thousand years, the accepted political doctrine had been that kings hold office by Divine-right, but now the orators of the day harangued mobs proclaiming the literal belief that the voice of the people is the voice of God.” (author)
Please note that throughout this book, when people want representative government, they are referred to as mobs. Bismarck, by supporting the Divine Right of Kings, will retain his privileges.
“…he (Bismarck) turned back the political clock to feudal days, and gloriously set up ‘Divine-right,’ in the face of the intensely modern cry, ‘Let the People Rule!’” (author)
I do not recommend this book.
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Blood and Iron; Origin of German Empire as Revealed by Character of Its Founder Bismarck John Hubert 1868 Greusel 9781360839516 Books Reviews
I read about a third of it and decided to put it down. The author comes off more as a cheerleader for Bismarck than as an historian or biographer. Like many high-school cheers, it got repetitious and cloying, after a while.
“Blood and Iron” is a political polemic published in the United States in 1915. Its purpose was to rally German Americans to support Germany in the First World War. It is not a true history, being filled with such gems as
“Otto von Bismarck, our blond Pomeranian giant, will face, fight and finally conquer the bewildering cross-forces of his time – till ‘German national faith’ is supreme.’
“Germany and Austria, no longer enemies, battle side by side, against the armed forces of the world – British, Russian, Italian, Servian (sic), French, Australian, East Indian, African, Belgian, Canadian, and Japanese!”
“He had no scruples, moral or material; such are for lesser men” or “It is always his will to power, rather than the inherent validity of his ideas” (speaking of Bismarck).
“A strong leader, by tireless repetition of some idea, finally brings about faith in that idea. It does not follow that this leader must necessarily be wiser than the masses. It is always his will to power, rather than the inherent validity of his ideas.”
“It is the essential nature of man to exercise tyrannous power over human lives, whenever such practice holds out promise of advantage.”
I would have given this only one star, but it does illustrate the dangerous kind of political propaganda that can be mistaken, by the unwise, as either history or biography. Unless you are interested in the history of propaganda, this book is of no interest. It is eerily similar to later Nazi propaganda.
If you wish to learn of Bismarck and his time, I recommend Edward Crankshaw’s “Bismarck” (1981).
In today's world of political correctness and censored media, the most common exposure that Americans get to of the distant past is either through glamorous Hollywood movies, or dry school textbooks. Sometimes it is beneficial to read books that are clearly opinionated, but up front about it. This short propaganda piece written at the beginning of the 20th century is a celebration of Germany as seen through the life of Otto van Bismarck; politician, statesman, and military leader who helped clobber together the modern state of Germany out of numerous principalities, all under the nervous eye of other European powers. The author is a clear supporter of Bismarck, and all that he stood for, conservatism, reactionary politics, dynastic traditions, oligarchy, and the use of might to make right. This book is written in a style foreign to most readers today at the beginning of the 21st century. Some parts of the text are written as a Q&A session between the author and the reader; other parts are written as a dialogue between the author and his subject, often Bismarck but occasionally another person. The author anticipates much of 20th century's opinions about the role of dictators, but brushes it away as "ends justifies the means"; which in this case the end is a united Germany, strong and powerful to offset the other European powers such as Austria, France, Russia and England. The book covers events on the battlefields, in various royal courts, in the villages and cities of Europe; providing examples left and right of how Bismarck used all his guile and cunning to cajole, blackmail, connive and convince people to fight his fight for a German nation. Details of this political process, such as bribed politicians, slaughtered soldiers, bankrupted governments are mentioned proudly, and then relegated to the role of collateral damage. All in all, this book is clearly a propaganda piece, but an honest one that leaves no sin unmarked. Read it for the story, for the insight into a national psyche, if not for the history.
In summary, this book is very much a “love letter” to Otto von Bismarck. The author praises Bismarck’s “manly” behavior, which I would describe as aggressive, menacing, threatening, intimidating. (One instance Bismarck threatened to have his two large dogs tear a bootmaker to shreds if the bootmaker did not have Bismarck’s new boots ready by the next day. He then left the two large dogs with a servant pacing back and forth in front of the bootmaker’s shop, with the servant occasionally reminding the bootmaker what would happen if the boots were not ready.)
Bismarck believed in the “Divine Right of Kings,” but not in rights for the common man. He believed in Prussian militarism.
In August, 1914, Germany (led by Kaiser Wilhelm II) invaded the officially neutral country of Belgium. England had an agreement to defend the officially neutral Belgium, so was immediately brought into the war, which became World War One, in which millions of people died. Armistice Day was November 11, 1918, and the Kaiser abdicated on November 10, 1918 (the day before). The author, writing in 1915, has the attitude that aggression is manliness, and manliness is a good thing, a reason for pride. I strongly suspect that if he had been forced to write the book in 1919 instead of 1915, he would have expressed less pride in Bismarck and Kaiser Wilhelm II, if not for the terrible destruction of lives of soldiers and civilians, and destruction of property, then for the loss of the war by Germany, the resulting harm to the German economy, the permanent loss of a Kaiser and the Divine Right of Kings. This book was interesting only for the attitude of the author, and that attitude compared with the devastation and horror which resulted. Could the author still have been so proud of his and Bismarck’s “might makes right” attitude?
Some quotes from the book
“The best title to lands, the surest, the most incontrovertible – let the purists and pietists rage as they may – is the sharp edge of the sword.” (John Hubert Greusel, 1868-1946, author)
“For a thousand years, the accepted political doctrine had been that kings hold office by Divine-right, but now the orators of the day harangued mobs proclaiming the literal belief that the voice of the people is the voice of God.” (author)
Please note that throughout this book, when people want representative government, they are referred to as mobs. Bismarck, by supporting the Divine Right of Kings, will retain his privileges.
“…he (Bismarck) turned back the political clock to feudal days, and gloriously set up ‘Divine-right,’ in the face of the intensely modern cry, ‘Let the People Rule!’” (author)
I do not recommend this book.
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