As an indispensable figure in the history of the second half of the 19th century, Bismarck gathered the Little Germany under the flag of Prussia through war and political maneuvres, constructed a new diplomatic and military defense system for Germany by diplomatic means, and carried out drastic reforms at home. He is also known as "Germany's navigator" and "Germany's architect" for his political work in building modern Germany. This paper combs the diplomatic system established by Bismarck after the dynastic war -- The rise and fall of Bismarck's system, in order to analyze the advantages and disadvantages of the policy system adopted by Bismarck for German diplomacy and military defense after the reunification of Germany in the 19th century.

Wang Xueyuan. Analysis of the Success or Failure of Bismarck's System. International Journal of Frontiers in Sociology (2022), Vol. 4, Issue 11: 76-80. https://doi.org/10.25236/IJFS.2022.041114.

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