When I think of Prussia, certain impressions spring immediately to mind, some positive, others decidedly not: monocled generals planning their next conquest well-trained soldiers marching in jack-booted lockstep overfed Junkers on their vast feudal estates and a centralized civil bureaucracy striving for coldblooded efficiency.

Ĝhristopher Clark, Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600-1947 The topographer Nicolaus Leuthinger, author of an early description of Brandenburg, wrote in 1598 of a ‘flat land, wooded and for the most part swamp.’ ‘Sand,’ flatness, ‘bogs’ and ‘uncultivated areas’ were recurring topoi in all the early accounts, even the most panegyric…” Monotonous forests of birch and fir covered much of its surface. The rivers that cross it are sluggish meandering streams that lack the grandeur of the Rhine or Danube. Situated in the midst of the dreary plain that stretches from the Netherlands to northern Poland, the Brandenburg countryside has rarely attracted visitors. This was the heartland of the state that would later be known as Prussia. This is free download Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600–1947 by Christopher Clark complete book soft copy.“In the beginning there was only Brandenburg, a territory encompassing some 40,000 square kilometers and centered on the city of Berlin.

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