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I'm reading Massie's Dreadnought now and he does make a pretty decent case through his narrative of events that Bismark really hosed up with his latter years diplomatic strategy of 'make mutually incompatible secret pacts with your neighbours, hope they don't notice'.
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Alchenar posted:I'm reading Massie's Dreadnought now and he does make a pretty decent case through his narrative of events that Bismark really hosed up with his latter years diplomatic strategy of 'make mutually incompatible secret pacts with your neighbours, hope they don't notice'. I think the thesis is more that "Bismarck could keep that poo poo up because he was The Man but his successors, who were much less talented, couldn't keep things going" - I think the Leo von Caprivi quote regarding the reinsurance treaty was that while Bismarck could juggle three balls he could only juggle two or something to that effect.
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