Wilhelmine

To her the 'Grävenitzin,' as people began to call Wilhelmine, poured out the story of the numerous petty annoyances which disturbed her, and the peasant girl learned to regard her as a persecuted angel.

A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg 1905

Wilhelmine Germany was really, really nasty. cmholm Says:

Matthew Yglesias » The United States Has Always Been Rich 2010

Mémoires de Frédérique Sophie Wilhelmine de Prusse, Margrave de Barieth; écrits de sa main

Chronological List 2010

Watson wonders not just why the nation of thinkers and poets came to grief between 1933 and 1945 but also how it put itself together again and, in 1989, recreated most of the Wilhelmine state without plunging Europe into war or even breaking sweat.

The German Genius: Europe's Third Renaissance, the Second Scientific Revolution and the Twentieth Century by Peter Watson – review James Buchan 2010

Americans assure themselves that it is because China is a rising power, and is starting to feel its oats, not unlike Wilhelmine Germany in the early years of the 20th century.

The Trust Gap in U.S.-China Relations Michael Auslin 2011

He acknowledges that American "militarists" have not advocated military dictatorship like the extreme militarists of Wilhelmine Germany or imperial Japan, but he sees an over-eagerness for war among those who push for ever larger American defense budgets and more overseas deployments.

Washington Rivalry Mark Moyar 2011

Unfortunately, claiming atrocities when none exist risks crying wolf, like the faked claims against Wilhelmine Germany, widely discredited after World War I, which led to skepticism of reports of Nazi crimes, including the Holocaust.

Doug Bandow: "Victory" in Libya: No Model for U.S. Foreign Policy Doug Bandow 2011

The blood price of Wilhelmine excesses in World War I fell far short of that which the Nazis exacted.

Matthew Yglesias » The Real German Resistance to Hitler: The Social Democrats 2009

Mémoires de Frédérique Sophie Wilhelmine de Prusse, Margrave de Barieth; écrits de sa main

Publication Date List 2010

And if all this were not enough, then Helmut Schmidt, the 92-year-old former German chancellor, also gave an interview attacking current German foreign policy as having a tendency towards "Wilhelmine pomposity" – a clear reference to the misguided tendencies that led to the first world war.

Germany feels the weight of history Ilana Bet-El 2010