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McGowen, Tom

Frederick the Great, Bismarck, and the Building of the German Empire i

128 pp. | Enslow | September, 2002 | Library ISBN 0-7660-1822-9 $$20.95
(4) 4-6 In World History series. Though Otto von Bismarck is rightly credited with unifying the jumble of thirty-eight units that became modern Germany in 1871, his success rested on the Prussian expansion by Frederick the Great a century earlier. McGowen narrates responsibly, with endnotes, segments of primary documents and black-and-white illustrations, but the book contains many battle descriptions that sometimes seem to meld. A timeline is appended. Bib., ind.
Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

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