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The War Scare of 1875: Bismarck and Europe in the Mid-1870s

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The War Scare of 1875: Bismarck and Europe in the Mid-1870s
The War Scare of 1875: Bismarck and Europe in the Mid-1870s

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The War Scare of 1875: Bismarck and Europe in the Mid-1870s

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In the spring of 1875 Europe appeared to be on the brink of armed conflict. France had just passed a new army law which seemed to be a prelude to a war of revenge. Berlin responded with saber-rattling and threats of preventive war. When Russia and England intervened to preserve the peace, Germany responded that relations with Paris had never been more peaceful. Ever since this historic anticlimax, the causes of the 'war-in-sight' affair have been the subject of much academic controversy. The focus of the debate has been the problem of Bismarck's intentions. Based upon extensive archival research, this study presents a new approach to unraveling this central riddle which places the war scare of 1875 into the larger framework of the Chancellor's entire paradigm for handling European power politics from 1873-77. This perspective shows clearly that the crisis did not represent - as is often argued - a 'turning point' in German foreign policy; in fact it resulted from well-known, long-term axioms of Bismarck's statemanship. Im Fruhjahr 1875 schien erneut ein Krieg in Sicht zu sein. Frankreich hatte ein neues Heeresgesetz verabschiedet, das als Zeichen eines bevorstehenden Rachekrieges betrachtet wurde. In Berlin reagierte man mit Sabelrasseln und Praventivkriegsdrohungen. Als Russland und England einschritten, um den Frieden zu bewahren, erhielten sie die Zusicherung, die Beziehungen zwischen Paris und Berlin seien nie friedlicher gewesen. Seit dieser historischen Antiklimax wurde die "Krieg-in-Sicht"-Krise wiederholt zum akademischen Streitobjekt. Das Kernproblem dabei bildet die Frage nach Bismarcks Absichten. Gestutzt auf breite archivalische Forschungen bietet dieses Werk einen neuen Ansatz, um dieses Ratsel zu losen. Es stellt die Krise erstmals in den Rahmen der ganzen politischen Strategie des Kanzlers von 1873-77. Aus dieser Sicht wird deutlich, dass sie keineswegs - wie oft behauptet - eine "Wegscheide" darstellt, sondern sich leicht in die Grundlinien Bismarckscher Diplomatie wahrend der ganzen 1870er Jahre einordnen lasst.

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