While infinitely flexible in detail, he envisaged from the
first the conditions of the German problem
Herbert Fischer
although initial plan "he began lo live with reality instead of
trying to force his will on it
AJP Taylor
Bismarck as a predecesor of Hitler: consistently beliigrent
Fritz Fischer
Bismarck had little to do with his success: "the sorcerer's apprentice
Lothar Gall
Bismarck as a dyke captain: losing bearings after creation of the empire
Otta Pflanze