12-15-2003, 11:18 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-15-2003, 11:20 PM by Occhidiangela.)
Was a slow and painful process of gradually wresting power from the Junker class. It was an uphill battle, but Otto von used that tool to his great advantage, and them promptly used it effectively to support his agendas. Otto was a pretty sharp fella. :) He was also a Junker.
The Kaiser, both father and son whom Otto served, like some of the royals to whom he is related by blood, was not the sharpest knife in the drawer.
With the overthrow/abdication of the Kaiser, the attempts of the Weimar republic that ended in the election of an Austrian <i>caudillo</I> is an instructive lesson for those who are trying to now help Iraq find the path to parliamentary governmental forms.
It is too easy to retreat into absolutism, given the preponderance of sheep in any population.
The Kaiser, both father and son whom Otto served, like some of the royals to whom he is related by blood, was not the sharpest knife in the drawer.
With the overthrow/abdication of the Kaiser, the attempts of the Weimar republic that ended in the election of an Austrian <i>caudillo</I> is an instructive lesson for those who are trying to now help Iraq find the path to parliamentary governmental forms.
It is too easy to retreat into absolutism, given the preponderance of sheep in any population.
Cry 'Havoc' and let slip the Men 'O War!
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete