Throughout history men have been struggling to become the
strongest or most dominant force in society. Scores of men,
throughout history, have taken notice that it is easier to
control several smaller states as opposed to one unified
state. In the late 15th and early 16th centuries a man by the
name of Nicolo Machiavelli reflected the actions of famous
men and their assent to power in his book The Prince. If
Machiavelli's advice was followed, a ruler could almost
guarantee success. But perhaps the first politician in the
modern world to follow the advice of The Prince, was a
man by the name of Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck.
Otto von Bismarck was born on April 1st 1815, in
Schonhausen, Northwest of Berlin in the district of
Magdeburg. His father was an upper class, land owning
Prussian more commonly known as a Junker. (World
Book, 1999, p. 381) (German News, 1998, p.1)(Passant,
1966, p.45)(Godesky, 1997, p.1)(Compton's
Encyclopedia, 1999, p.1) During his early......
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