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Loading... November 1918: The German Revolution (Making of the Modern World) (edition 2020)by Robert Gerwarth (Author)
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The German Revolution of November 1918 is nowadays largely forgotten outside Germany. It is generally regarded as a failure even by those who have heard of it, a missed opportunity which paved the way for the rise of the Nazis and the catastrophe to come. Robert Gerwarth argues here that to view the German Revolution in this way is a serious misjudgement. Not only did it bring down the authoritarian monarchy of the Hohenzollern, it also brought into being the first ever German democracy in an amazingly bloodless way. Focusing on the dramatic events between the last months of the First World War in 1918 and Hitler's Munich Putsch of 1923, Robert Gerwarth illuminates the fundamental and deep-seated ways in which the November Revolution changed Germany. In doing so, he reminds us that, while it is easy with the benefit of hindsight to write off the 1918 Revolution as a 'failure', this failure was not somehow pre-ordained. In 1918, the fate of the German Revolution remained very much an open book. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)943.0851History and Geography Europe Germany and central Europe Historical periods of Germany Germany 1866- Weimar Republic 1918-1933LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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The book includes some wonderful photographs from the period as well as many quotes from diverse eye-witnesses to the events. Gerwarth is also kind enough to provide short reminders of who the characters are when they reappear in later chapters even if he introduced them in the beginning of the book. The book is also a real page-turner that I had a hard time putting down.
I strongly recommend this to anyone interested in the history of the world wars. ( )