Frederick the Great; a historical profile
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Frederick the Great; a historical profile
University of California Press, 1974, c1968
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Friedrich der Grosse: ein historisches Profil
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Friedrich der Grosse; ein historisches Profil. English
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Translation of the third edition of "Friedrich der Grosse: ein historisches Profil" pub. by Quelle & Meyer, Heidelberg, 1954
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Gerhard Ritter's biography of Frederick the Great onglnated in a series of lectures, which were published with scarcely any revisions in 1936. In this translation, based on the third edition, published in 1954, Paret has tried to convey the hard and precise style that characterizes the German text, while eliminating some of the numerous adjectives and parallel phrases that a lecturer might have found useful for emphasis but which seem unnecessary on the printed page. With the author's agreement also excluded is the brief introduction and epilogue of the original, since they are addressed specifically to the German reader and to German conditions. Gerhard Ritter died in 1967, shortly after the translation was completed.
Table of Contents
Introduction by Peter Paret 1. Frederick and His Age: The System of Absolutism 2. The Brandenburg-Prussian Heritage 3. The Development of Frederick's Personality 4. The King's View of the World 5. The King's View of the State 6. The Conquest of Silesia 7. Maintenance of Prussia's New Power 8. Frederician Warfare 9. The Character of Frederician Government and Society 10. The Old King: Foreign Policy in the Last Decades of His Reign
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