Part I. 1859-1888 the tormented Prussian prince
The "soul murder" of an heir to the throne
A daring educational experiment
The conflict between the prince of Prussia and his parents
1888: the year of the three kaisers
Part II. 1888-1900 the anachronistisc autocrat
Bismarck's fall from power, 1889-90
The establishment of the kaiser's personal monarchy, 1890-97
The chancellor as courtier: the corrupt Bulow system (1897-1909)
Part III. 1896-1908 the egregious expansionist
The challenge to Europe: weltmachtpolitik and the battlefleet
The Russo-Japanese War and the meeting of the emperors on Bjorko (1904-1905)
War in the west? The landing in Tangier and the fiasco of Algeciras (1905-1906)
The intensification of the Anglo-German conflict
Part IV. 1906-1909 the scandal-ridden sovereign
The Eulenburg Affair (1906-1909)
Bulow's betrayal of the kaiser: the Daily Telegraph crisis (1908-1909)
From Bulow to Bethmann Hollweg: the chancellor merry-go-round of 1909
Part V. 1908-1914 the bellicose supreme war lord
The Bosnian annexation crisis (1908-1909)
The "leap of the panther" to Agadir
The battlefleet and the growing risk of war with Britain (1911-1912)
Doomed to failure: the Haldane mission of 1912
Turmoil in the Balkans and a first decision for war (november 1912)
War postponed: the "war council" of 8 December 1912
The postponed war draws nearer (1913-1914)
The kaiser in the Crisis of July 1914
Part VI. 1914-1918 the champion of God's germanic cause
The impotence of the supreme war lord at war
Downfall: the collapse of the Hohenzollern Monarchy
Part VII. The vengeful exile (1918-1941)
A new life in Amerongen and Doorn
The rabid anti-semite in exile
