This story appears in the March/April 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine. Throughout history, small states have come out of nowhere, and rapidly become great powers. This was the ...

Prussia's development as a successful, modern industrial state gave hope to German nationalists. Economically, unification through the Zollverein economic alliance of 1834 had been a success ...

maps, tables, appends., notes, biblio., index. $69.95. ISBN: 1935149237. The Origins of the German Imperial Army Bassett-Powell, well known for his earlier works on military history and uniformology, ...