Politics
Kaiser
German for emperor, the title of the rulers of the German Empire from 1871 to 1918 and of the Austrian emperors; like tsar, it derives from the Roman title Caesar. In wartime English it meant above all Wilhelm II, who reigned from 1888, and the word took on strongly negative connotations.
Mentioned in
- Chapter I The Long Fuse Overview§1 Europe in 1914: The Great Powers at a Glance§4 Bismarck's Web, 1871–1890§5 The New Course and the Diplomatic Revolution, 1890–1907§6 The Anglo-German Naval Race§7 Crisis Season: Morocco, Bosnia, Agadir, Tripoli§8 The Balkan Powder Keg§10 Minds and Societies: Nationalism, Militarism, Dread
- Chapter II Thirty-Seven Days to War Overview§4 Berlin and the Blank Check, 5–6 July§5 Poincaré in Russia and the Ultimatum, 15–23 July§6 Serbia Replies, the Powers React, 24–27 July§7 War Declared, Telegrams Crossed, 28–30 July§8 The Dominoes Fall: 31 July to 3 August§10 Who Was to Blame?
- Chapter III The War of Movement §1 Mobilization: Trains, Horses and Millions§5 The First Battle of the Marne§9 The War Spreads: Turkey, the Seas and the Colonies
- Chapter IV Deadlock §7 The Conquest of Serbia and the Salonika Landing§10 The Lusitania, Zeppelins and the War in the Air
- Chapter V The Year of Attrition §2 Verdun I: Falkenhayn's Mill§4 The Ottoman Fronts: Kut, Erzurum and the Arab Revolt§6 Jutland: The Day of the Dreadnoughts§10 Romania's Gamble and Germany's New Masters
- Chapter VI The Year of Revolutions §1 Germany's Gamble: The U-boats and the Zimmermann Telegram§9 Peace Moves, the October Revolution and the Armistice in the East
- Chapter VII The Last Gamble Overview§9 Germany's Revolution§10 The Eleventh Hour: Compiègne
- Chapter VIII The Reckoning and the Remaking §3 The Treaty of Versailles
- Chapter XI War on Waves and Wings §1 The Balance of 1914: Dreadnoughts and the Fleet in Being§4 The U-Boat War in Four Phases§6 Jutland Dissected: Guns, Powder and Signals§10 Carriers, Tondern and the Scuttling at Scapa Flow
- Chapter XII The Home Fronts §1 Total War and the Rise of the State