...How successful was Bismarck as Chancellor of a united Germany? The question of how successful Bismarck was as Chancellor between 1870 and 1890 is a question that has several different levels that each need to be analysed in order to get a well rounded and accurate answer. I will call upon Bismarck’s domestic and foreign policies, using them to illustrate the leaders triumphs and failures in his Chancellorship. I will also use Bismarck’s political ability, decision making and methods to further my understanding of his success in the German political sphere. Furthermore I believe that it is important to get an understanding of his political accomplishments and perhaps downfalls if the question is to be fully answered. Although the iron Chancellor is seen by many historians as responsible for Germany’s unification, I will not allow this variant to alter or effect my position on Bismarck as Chancellor because I will structure my analysis around an already united Germany. Thus, I will simply support my line of argument with relevant information to the precise question as opposed to complicating it using evidence from before the specific era in matter. Although Germany became unified in 1871 I would suggest that this actually only solved the literal problem in regards to bringing the variety of separate states together. It did nothing for uniting the people of these states under one nation. In the early years of Bismarck’s Chancellorship his ‘primary objectives’ so to speak were...
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