The Weimar Republic

Heiber, Helmut (translated by W. E. Yuill)

ISBN 10: 0631186999 / ISBN 13: 9780631186991

Edité par Blackwell, Oxford, 1993

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In the original publisher's glossy decorated card covers. Some spots/discolouration to the page edges and a very little light shelfwear, but overall these are fairly negligible. No dustjacket as issued. (6) + 228 pp. There is a former owner's biro name and date on the reverse of the front cover o/w No Inscriptions or other Marks. Overall a Clean, Tight and Bright, copy. This copy includes a news cutting about Nov. 9th 1923. " The Weimar Republic was established after Germany's defeat in 1918, and maintained a fragile but vibrant democracy until its overthrow by Hitler in 1933. Characterized as a period of hyper-inflation, insurgency and intrigue, it is conventional to view Weimar as a period in which the seeds of National Socialism were sown, and justification, of the Nazi regime. Helmut Heiber focuses on the succession of social and political events, and sorts through problems - such as the cause and effect of hyper inflation - with careful attention to recent research. He traces the internecine activities of the Communist and National Socialist parties, and reassesses the role and demise of the Social Democratic party." . ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Weimar Republic
• Éditeur: Blackwell, Oxford
• Date de parution: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0631186999
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780631186991
• Reliure: Paperback
• Édition: First English Edition.
• État de l'article: Very Good
• État de la jaquette: No Dust Jacket
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Military/War Related
  • History & Politics. Churchill
  • Social Science

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Synopsis

The Weimar Republic was eastablished after Germany's defeat in 1918, and maintained a fragile but vibrant democracy until its overthrow by Hitler in 1933. Characterized as a period of hyper-inflation, insurgency and intrigue, it is conventional to view Weimar as a period in which the seeds of National Socialism were sown, and where historians anxiously seek the explanation, even justification, of the Nazi regime. In this analytical narrative, Helmut Heiber cuts through the accepted wisdom and presents the era in its own terms. He focuses on the succession of social and political events, and sorts through problems - such as the cause and effect of hyper inflation - with careful attention to recent research. He traces the internecine activities of the Communist and National Socialist parties, and reassesses the role and demise of the Social Democratic party.

Quatrième de couverture

In 1918 with the allied victory the defeated German regime collapsed, and with it the monarchy. In its place a bewildered German people were offered, and somewhat half–heartedly accepted, their first democratic constitution. For fifteen years this was the basis of government: from the place of its birth it has since been known as the Weimar Republic.

The 1920s in Germany were a period of intense activity: on the one hand political parties of all complexions intrigued and campaigned, at the extremes of right and left often violently; on the other, there was a rich flowering of the arts, architecture and intellectual endeavor. Political instability was exacerbated by hyperinflation, and social uncertainty fuelled by national shame at the loss of empire and by the humiliating reparations enforced by the Allies through the Treaty of Versailles. It is here that convention seeks the origins – even the justification – of the Nazi regime.

In this clear yet vivid narrative, Helmut Heiber cuts through accepted ideas and presents the period in its own terms. Focusing on the dramatic succession of political and social events, he throws new light on the vexing problems of hyperinflation, national apathy, economic collapse and political disorder. In doing so he provides a searching analysis of why the German people should have tolerated and largely embraced the pagan, racialist and anti–democratic ideology inculcated and ruthlessly enforced by Hitler′s National Socialists.

This is a provocative account of one of the most extraordinary and puzzling periods of European history.