CHAPTER 1

Prussian dander was up because of the stubborn French refusal to consider the matter closed. ... had determined to suffer no further French invasions after Napoleon’s humiliation of Jena in 1806. For these reasons, Bismarck secretly welcomed the idea of war with France and doctored the ‘Ems telegram’ to encourage a belligerent French ... ................
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