Otto Von Bismarck Research Paper
A Deceitful and Untrustworthy Beast Within
“The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions, but by iron and blood” Otto Von Bismarck once advocated. This quote generalizes this Iron-chancellor’s attitude towards change. He highlights the importance of wars depicted by Iron which symbolizes Artillery and weaponry, and blood which symbolizes patriotic death. His perception of change was strongly reinforced by the necessity for strong arms and military, he shared this with Napoleon Bonaparte, the early 19th century French emperor who once said “before all else, be armed”. Hence, it is strongly evident, Otto Von Bismarck’s Machiavellian personality where “the end justifies the means” played a huge …show more content…
He realized the political and geographical chaos within Germany after the Congress of Vienna in 1814-1815. This was greatly due to the high number of local battles and internal wars within the un-unified Germany. The existence of these struggles was mainly because, through the congress’s “balance of power”, European powers were limited to reduce the possibility of the uprising of continental strength which might oppose a threat to Europe. Bismarck, being and opportunistic politician did not like the situation of anarchy and took in hand the responsibility to unify Germany, and by mass election of the people he up rose in between the mid 19th century. This characteristic trait and behaviour made him an untrustworthy figure in the eyes of his political allies, why? Simply, they worried that such an opportunistic symbol such as Bismarck would un-doubtfully take advantage of a vulnerable situation, like he did in Germany, and introduce a setback, which in turn may misdirect Germany threat to neighbouring areas, leading to continental feud, thus damaging local trade through mercantilism, political alliances such as that between Austria and Prussia, and future democratic recessions such as those in the north German Confederation of the year 1876. Otto Von Bismarck was now the Machiavellian politician who kept the European powers on high alert through the process of signing treaties and
“The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions, but by iron and blood” Otto Von Bismarck once advocated. This quote generalizes this Iron-chancellor’s attitude towards change. He highlights the importance of wars depicted by Iron which symbolizes Artillery and weaponry, and blood which symbolizes patriotic death. His perception of change was strongly reinforced by the necessity for strong arms and military, he shared this with Napoleon Bonaparte, the early 19th century French emperor who once said “before all else, be armed”. Hence, it is strongly evident, Otto Von Bismarck’s Machiavellian personality where “the end justifies the means” played a huge …show more content…
He realized the political and geographical chaos within Germany after the Congress of Vienna in 1814-1815. This was greatly due to the high number of local battles and internal wars within the un-unified Germany. The existence of these struggles was mainly because, through the congress’s “balance of power”, European powers were limited to reduce the possibility of the uprising of continental strength which might oppose a threat to Europe. Bismarck, being and opportunistic politician did not like the situation of anarchy and took in hand the responsibility to unify Germany, and by mass election of the people he up rose in between the mid 19th century. This characteristic trait and behaviour made him an untrustworthy figure in the eyes of his political allies, why? Simply, they worried that such an opportunistic symbol such as Bismarck would un-doubtfully take advantage of a vulnerable situation, like he did in Germany, and introduce a setback, which in turn may misdirect Germany threat to neighbouring areas, leading to continental feud, thus damaging local trade through mercantilism, political alliances such as that between Austria and Prussia, and future democratic recessions such as those in the north German Confederation of the year 1876. Otto Von Bismarck was now the Machiavellian politician who kept the European powers on high alert through the process of signing treaties and