TY - BOOK AU - Clark,Christopher M. TI - Iron kingdom: the rise and downfall of Prussia, 1600-1947 SN - 0713994665 (hc : alk. paper) AV - DD389 .C53 2006 U1 - 943 22 PY - 2006/// CY - London PB - Allen Lane KW - Prussia (Germany) KW - History KW - Prussia (Germany) -- History -- 1640-1740 KW - Prussia (Germany) -- History -- 1740-1815. KW - Prussia (Germany) -- History -- 1815-1870. N1 - Summary: With its capital in Berlin, Prussia grew from being a small, poor, disregarded medieval state into one of the most vigorous and powerful countries in Europe, the scourge of its many enemies and, ultimately, the motor behind the creation of the German Empire in 1871 with all that implied for the 20th century; Includes bibliographical references (p. 689-761) and index ER -