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In view of his activities between 1871 and 1890 it is not surprising that this period of diplomacy is frequently named after Bismarck. Through wars as an aspect of calculated diplomacy he had built Germany; now he resorted to diplomacy to avoid international wars which would disturb the consolidation of the new state. He announced ‘We have no further demands to make … We have enough annexed populations’.
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Further Reading
Langer, W. L., European Alliances and Alignments (American Book Supply Co., 1943).
Medlicott, W. N., The Congress of Berlin and After (Methuen, 1938).
Taylor, A. J. P., The Struggle for Mastery in Europe 1848–1918 (Oxford, 1954).
Waller, B., Bismarck at the Crossroads (Athlone Press, 1974).
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Miller, S.T. (1988). Bismarck and International Relations 1871–90. In: Mastering Modern European History. Macmillan Master Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-19580-0_16
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