Editing Foreign relations of Germany (section)

===World/European diplomatic context===
* Albrecht-Carrié, René. ''A Diplomatic History of Europe Since the Congress of Vienna'' (1958), 736pp; a basic introduction that gives context to Germany's roles
* Kaiser, David E. ''Economic Diplomacy and the Origins of the Second World War: Germany, Britain, France, and Eastern Europe, 1930-1939'' (Princeton UP, 2015).
* Kennedy, Paul. ''The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000'' (1989) [https://www.amazon.com/Rise-Fall-Great-Powers/dp/0679720197/  excerpt and text search]; very wide-ranging, with much on economic power
* Langer, William. ''An Encyclopedia of World History'' (5th ed. 1973), very detailed outline
* Langer, William.  ''European Alliances and Alignments 1870-1890'' (2nd ed. 1950); advanced coverage of Bismarckian system
* Langer, William L. '' The Diplomacy of Imperialism 1890-1902'' (2 vol, 1935) 
* Macmillan, Margaret. ''The War That Ended Peace: The Road to 1914'' (2013) cover 1890s to 1914; see esp. ch 3–5, 8, 
* Mowat, R. B. ''A History of European Diplomacy 1815-1914'' (1922), basic introduction
* Schroeder, Paul W. ''The Transformation of European Politics 1763-1848'' (1996) 
* Steiner, Zara. ''The Lights that Failed: European International History 1919-1933'' (2007) [https://www.amazon.com/Lights-that-Failed-International-1919-1933/dp/0199226865/  excerpt and text search]
* Steiner, Zara. ''The Triumph of the Dark: European International History 1933-1939'' (2011) [https://www.amazon.com/Triumph-Dark-International-1933-1939-ebook/dp/B005X3SAKQ/ excerpt and text search]
* Taylor, A. J. P. ''The Struggle for Mastery in Europe: 1848–1918'' (1957) [https://www.amazon.com/Struggle-Mastery-Europe-1848-1918-History/dp/0198812701/  excerpt and text search], advanced coverage of all major powers