In science and public historical consciousness, Gustav Stresemann is an icon of German and European contemporary history. Thanks to new archival knowledge and extensive preliminary work, the renowned historian Karl Heinrich Pohl has supplemented and critically revised this character portrayal. In his profound work, the reader encounters the personality of a brilliant boundary-crosser between ambition-driven economic management in the Kingdom of Saxony and the abruptly interrupted diplomacy of world significance due to death. A must-read for understanding German history.