Germany After the First World War - Couverture souple

Bessel, Richard

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0198205864 ISBN 13 : 9780198205869

Editeur : Clarendon Press, 1995

Synopsis

This is a social history of Germany in the years following the First World War. Germany's defeat and the subsequent demobilization of her armies had devastating social and psychological consequences for the nation, which Richard Bessel sets out to explore in this book. Dr Bessel examines the changes brought by the war to Germany, and those resulting from the return of the soldiers to civilian life and the subsequent demobilization of the economy. He demonstrates that the postwar transition was viewed as a moral crusade by Germans desperately concerned about challenges to traditional authority, assessing the ways in which the experience of the War, and memories of it, affected the politics of the Weimar Republic. This is an original and scholarly book which offers us important insights into the sense of dislocation experienced of both personal and national levels by Germany and Germans in the 1920s, and its damaging legacy for German democracy.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

'splendidly well-documented book ... One of the many things in this book is the way it demonstrates that civilian life in wartime Imperial Germany was indeed very unpleasant.' Times Literary Supplement

Bessel's study of a wide-ranging survey of developments in German society between 1914 and 1919. (German History)

...a major contribution...There can be no doubt that Bessel's findings, which come down heavily on Feldman's side, simply cannot be ignored in any far assessment of Germany's development in the 1920's. This book, which represents the fruitful outcome of years of intensive research, is one of the best comprehensive studies of the early Weimar Republic... a dense and very subtle analysis of the German home front. (German Historical Institute Bulletin)

Bessel provides a carefully researched and thoughtful study of the early years of the Weimar Republic. (E.D.R. Harrison. History Today)

His skill in utilizing statistical materials and weaving quantitative analysis into his narrative is quite impressive, and both professional historians and those generally interested in German affairs will find the book to be informative. (Richard V. Pierard, Indiana State University, History)

Présentation de l'éditeur

This is a social history of Germany in the years following the First World War. Germany's defeat and the subsequent demobilization of her armies had enormous economic, social, and psychological consequences for the nation, and it is these which Richard Bessel sets out to explore these. Dr Bessel examines the changes brought by the War to Germany, by the return of the soldiers to civilian life and by the demobilization of the economy. He demonstrates how the postwar transition was viewed as a moral crusade by Germans desperately concerned about challenges to traditional authority; and he assesses the ways in which the experiences and memories of the War affected the politics of the Weimar Republic. This original and scholarly book offers important insights into the sense of dislocation, both personal and national, experienced by Germany and Germans after the First World War, and the damaging legacy of the War for German democracy.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Clarendon Press
• Date d'édition: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0198205864
• ISBN 13: 9780198205869
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 340
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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