1923 : the crisis of German democracy in the year of Hitler's putsch /
In 1923, the far right nearly unraveled the fledgling Weimar Republic. In January of that year, France accused Germany of failing to pay reparations mandated by the Treaty of Versailles, and the French began to occupy the industrial Ruhr district, the heart of the German economy. The German governme...
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New York :
Basic Books,
[2023].
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| Edition: | First US edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- German political parties in 1923
- Maps
- Introduction: Germany 1923- the democracy that did not die
- part I: 1922 and the coming of the crisis year. German democracy fights back
- The future of French power
- The fascist moment
- part II: Winter and spring 1923. The invasion of the Ruhr
- Hitler's first victory
- The escalation of violence
- Active resistance
- The Occupiers' revenge
- Hitler's first defeat
- part III: Summer 1923. The year of the zeros
- Waiting for Allies
- part IV: Autumn and winter 1923. Separatism and the future of the Rhineland
- "Soviet Saxony" and the Communist threat
- The Hitler putsch
- Taking it out on the Jews
- De-escalation and the triumph of reason
- Epilogue: 1933 and after.