Bismarckian
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In fact, many of the more notable successes of American foreign policy centered around this Bismarckian idea.
From Washington Post • Mar. 17, 2023
But raw power lubricated by audacious lying is Bismarckian.
From Washington Post • Feb. 22, 2022
Palmerston appeared determined to thwart all attempts at domestic reform, and he was increasingly out of touch in the new Bismarckian world of international realpolitik.
From BBC • May 1, 2015
He used the term in its proper sense as applied to the Bismarckian philosophy of the centralization of government, dominating all the activities of the people.
From Time Magazine Archive
The argument, briefly, on Bismarckian principles is this.
From The World in Chains Some Aspects of War and Trade by Mavrogordato, John
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