Chapter
Chapter 1 The 'soul murder' of an heir to the throne
Chapter 2 Ambivalent motherhood
Chapter 3 A daring educational experiment
Chapter 4 The conflict between the Prince of Prussia and his parents
Chapter 5 1888: the Year of the Three Kaisers
Part II 1888-1909: The Anachronistic Autocrat
Chapter 6 Divine right without end
Chapter 7 Bismarck's fall from power (1889-1890)
Chapter 8 The establishment of the Kaiser's personal monarchy (1890-1897)
Chapter 9 The Chancellor as courtier: the corrupt Bülow system (1897-1909)
Part III 1896-1908: The Egregious Expansionist
Chapter 10 The challenge to Europe: Weltmachtpolitik and the battlefleet
Chapter 11 The Russo-Japanese War and the meeting of the emperors on Björkö (1904-1905)
Chapter 12 War in the west? The landing in Tangier and the fiasco of Algeciras (1905-1906)
Chapter 13 The intensification of the Anglo-German conflict
Part IV 1906-1909: The Scandal-Ridden Sovereign
Chapter 14 The Eulenburg affair (1906-1909)
Chapter 15 Bülow's betrayal of the Kaiser: the Daily Telegraph crisis (1908-1909)
Chapter 16 From Bülow to Bethmann Hollweg: the Chancellor merry-go-round (1909)
Part V 1908-1914: The Bellicose Supreme War Lord
Chapter 17 The Bosnian annexation crisis (1908-1909)
Chapter 18 The 'leap of the Panther' to Agadir (1911)
Chapter 19 The battlefleet and the growing risk of war with Britain (1911-1912)
Chapter 20 Doomed to failure: the Haldane Mission (1912)
Chapter 21 Turmoil in the Balkans and a first decision for war (November 1912)
Chapter 22 War postponed: the 'war council' of 8 December 1912
Chapter 23 The postponed war draws nearer (1913-1914)
Chapter 24 The Kaiser in the July crisis of 1914
Part VI 1914-1918: The Champion of God's Germanic Cause
Chapter 25 The Kaiser's war aims
Chapter 26 The impotence of the Supreme War Lord at war
Chapter 27 Downfall: the collapse of the Hohenzollern monarchy
Part VII 1918-1941: The Vengeful Exile
Chapter 28 A new life in Amerongen and Doorn
Chapter 29 The rabid anti-Semite in exile
Chapter 30 The Kaiser and Hitler
Preface to the English edition
1 The 'soul murder' of an heir to the throne
3 A daring educational experiment
4 The conflict between the Prince of Prussia and his parents
5 1888: the Year of the Three Kaisers
6 Divine right without end
7 Bismarck's fall from power (1889-1890)
8 The establishment of the Kaiser's personal monarchy (1890-1897)
9 The Chancellor as courtier: the corrupt Bülow system (1897-1909)
10 The challenge to Europe: Weltmachtpolitik and the battlefleet
11 The Russo-Japanese War and the meeting of the emperors on Björkö (1904-1905)
12 War in the west? The landing in Tangier and the fiasco of Algeciras (1905-1906)
13 The intensification of the Anglo-German conflict
14 The Eulenburg affair (1906-1909)
15 Bülow's betrayal of the Kaiser: the Daily Telegraph crisis (1908-1909)
16 From Bülow to Bethmann Hollweg: the Chancellor merry-go-round (1909)
17 The Bosnian annexation crisis (1908-1909)
18 The 'leap of the Panther' to Agadir (1911)
19 The battlefleet and the growing risk of war with Britain (1911-1912)
20 Doomed to failure: the Haldane Mission (1912)
21 Turmoil in the Balkans and a first decision for war (November 1912)
22 War postponed: the 'war council' of 8 December 1912
23 The postponed war draws nearer (1913-1914)
24 The Kaiser in the July crisis of 1914
26 The impotence of the Supreme War Lord at war
27 Downfall: the collapse of the Hohenzollern monarchy
28 A new life in Amerongen and Doorn
29 The rabid anti-Semite in exile
Kaiser Wilhelm II
：A Concise Life
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