Geiss 
Germ Foreign Pol 1871-1914 V9 [PDF ebook] 

First Published in 2001. Looking at German Foreign Policy between 1847 to 1914 this Volume IX of the Foreign Policies of Great Powers collection. It includes the general framework of the Reich and European diplomacy, the second German empire»s history and social structure, and moves into the Pre-Imperialist era of 1871-95 before the »Welpolitik» up until 1912, and finally the coming of the war over the period of 1909-14 and the German War of Aggression aims in 1914.