Monday, January 2, 2017

reluctant Imperialist

He [Bismarck - vs] famously dismissed one enthusiast of colonisation by pointing to the map of Europe on his office wall and declaring that this was his map of Africa. - Englanders and Huns, pg 242, James Hawes
see also
By 1886 the process of colonialism was ended as Bismarck, the reluctant Imperialist, turned his attention back to Europe. Famously he said to an African explorer “my map of Africa lies in Europe. Here is Russia and here is France with Germany in the middle; that is my map of Africa.” - Bismarck’s Foreign Policy 1871-1890

and National Liberal Party (Germany)

все это за 50 лет до Гитлера

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