Unification of germany Bismarck

"Unification of Germany by Bismarck, was not planned, it was improvised." - Discuss. When Otto von Bismarck became Minister-President of Prussia in 1862, German nationalism was already more than 40 years old. First apparent in the opposition to Napoleon's occupation of the German states, national feeling grew into a movement after 1815. This feeling was encouraged by a growth of interest in German literature and music and by increased economic cooperation between the north German states. By 1848 it …

…another. With the vast array of material and sources regarding Bismarck it is difficult to find a clear cut view saying either that he did plan or improvise, as the two coincide continuously. Words: 1,043 Bibliography -The Unification of Germany 1815-90 by Andrina Stiles -Bismarck and Germany 1862-1890 by D.G. Williamson -Bismarck The Man and the Statesman by A.J.P. Taylor -Years of Nationalism European History 1815-1890 by Leonard W. Cowie and Robert Wolfson