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Iron kingdom: the rise and downfall of Prussia, Item Preview remove-circle Iron kingdom: the rise and downfall of Prussia, by Clark, Christopher M. Publication date Publisher Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press User Interaction Count: K. Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, by Christopher Clark, is a magisterial history of the Kingdom of Prussia from its earliest beginnings as a union between Brandenburg and the former Polish Duchy of Prussia, to its dissolution as a political /5(K). “Iron Kingdom, Christopher Clark’s stately, authoritative history of Prussia from its humble beginnings to its ignominious end, presents a much more complicated and compelling picture of the German state, which is too often reduced to a caricature of spiked helmets and polished boots. Prussia and its army were inseparable, but Prussia was also renowned for its efficient, incorruptible civil service; its /5().

Iron kingdom: the rise and downfall of Prussia, Item Preview remove-circle Iron kingdom: the rise and downfall of Prussia, by Clark, Christopher M. Publication date Publisher Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, Clark's best-selling history of Prussia (Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, ; London: Penguin, ) won several prizes. Its critical reception gave him a public profile that reached beyond the academic world. Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, - By Christopher Clark. Jonathan R. White. Grand Valley State University. Search for more papers by this author. Jonathan R. White. Grand Valley State University. Search for more papers by this author. First published: 26 February

Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, by Christopher Clark, is a magisterial history of the Kingdom of Prussia from its earliest beginnings as a union between Brandenburg and the former Polish Duchy of Prussia, to its dissolution as a political concept following Germany's defeat in WWII. Christopher Clark is a professor of modern European history and a fellow of St. Catharine's College at the University of Cambridge, UK. He is the author of Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, , among other books. Christopher Clark begins Iron Kingdom, his history of ‘the rise and downfall of Prussia,’ with this famous decree, but his remarkable book is not another exorcism, nor an uncritical celebration. He provides a sophisticated yet accessible account of how a middling German dynasty manoeuvred its way into the European pentarchy of powers.