Death and transfiguration
The Kaiser and England during the Boer War
'I am the balance of power in Europe.' Wilhelm between Britain, Russia and France
The Boxer Rebellion and the Baghdad railway
The shabby compromise: Wilhelm II and Bülow's chancellorship
Wilhelm II and the Germans, 1900 to 1904
'We two make history and destiny is in our hands!' Kaiser and Tsar on the eve of the Russo-Japanese War
The Anglo-German antagonism: the Kaiser, the King and public opinion
Uncle and nephew: Edward VII and the 'encirclement' of Germany
East Asia in flames: the Russo-Japanese War and its consequences
Operational plans for a war in western Europe
'Paris must get one in the eye from us one day!' The Kaiser and the first Morocco crisis
'A turning-point in the history of Europe' or the fiasco of Björkö
Balance of power or hegemony? The Anglo-German conflict and the quarrel with King Edward
'Encirclement': caught in the web of the Entente
Germany's 'dreadnougt leap'. The Kaiser and 'his' navy
The zenith of personal monarchy. The Kaiser and the government on the eve of the great crisis
'Kings are only human, after all.' Scandals at the Hohenzollern court
Prince Eulenburg's downfall. The campaign against the Liebenberg 'Camarilla'
The Kaiser's visit to Windsor and Highcliffe, November to December 1907
The hot summer of 1908. On the verge of war with Britain
'Our Kaiser and his people!' The crisis of Wilhelm's personal monarchy
Nemesis. Wilhelm II and the Daily telegraph affair
Upheaval in the Balkans. Kaiser Wilhelm and the Bosnian annexation crisis of 1908 to 1909
The 'pantomime': from Bülow to Bethmann Hollweg
Wilhelm and the direction of foreign policy under Bethmann Hollweg
The King is dead, or new hopes of an agreement with England
Agadir: the leap of the Panther
'The enemy identified.' The acceleration of the naval race and the growing menace of war
'Already leader of the United States of Europe?' Wilhelm and the debacle of the Haldane mission
November 1912: the strategic switch from west to east
Deterrence: the unresolved problem of Britain's neutrality
'Berlin has warned us off again.' The 'postponed racial war against Slavdom'
Kaiser and Reich. Wilhelm's personal monarchy on the eve of war
'With head held high and hand on sword-hilt!' Preparations for war 1913 to 1914
Summer 1914: the decision for war
The Kaiser's last Norwegian cruise
Confusion in Potsdam: the fear of Britain's involvement
Into the abyss: the outbreak of war
The supreme war lord in the First World War
Downfall. The collapse of the Hohenzollern monarchy
The unicorn in winter. A new life in exile
'Blood must flow, much blood!' The Kaiser and the 'swinish' Weimar republic
Monarchy by the grace of Hitler? Wilhelm II and the Third Reich.
