Mark Jones
1923: The Forgotten Crisis in the Year of Hitler's Coup
1923: The Forgotten Crisis in the Year of Hitler's Coup
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The astonishing story of one of the most significant years in modern European history.
Format: Hardback
Length: 416 pages
Publication date: 25 May 2023
Publisher: John Murray Press
A BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE YEAR
'Excellent' Richard Evans
'A vivid, crisp, impressively sustained narrative' Financial Times
'Riveting' Irish Independent
'Refreshing and readable' Irish Times
'Gripping . . . thoroughly researched and beautifully written . . . a warning for our times' Alex Watson, author of Ring of Steel
'Fascinating . . . shows powerfully that there was nothing inevitable about the survival of Germany's young democracy in that year - nor about its death a decade later. A timely reminder' Katja Hoyer, author of Beyond the Wall
The astonishing year when German democracy faced crisis and near destruction.
1923 was one of the most remarkable years of modern European history. In January, France and Belgium militarily occupied Germany's economic heartland, the Ruhr; triggering a series of crises that almost spiralled out of control. Hyperinflation plunged millions into poverty. The search for scapegoats empowered political extremes. Hitler's populism ascended to national prominence. Communists, Nazis, separatists all thought that they could use the crises to destroy democracy.
None succeeded. 1923 was the year of Hitler's first victory - and his first defeat. Fanning the flames of instability, anti-government and antisemitic sentiment, the Nazis' abortive yet pivotal putsch in a Munich beer hall failed when they were abandoned by their likeminded conservative allies.
Drawing on previously unseen sources, Mark Jones weaves together a thrilling and resonant narrative of German lives in this turbulent time. Tracing Hitler's rise, we see how political pragmatism and international cooperation eventually steered the nation away from total insurrection. A decade later, when Weimar democracy eventually succumbed to tyranny, the warnings from 1923 - rising of nationalist rhetoric, fragile European consensus, and underestimation the of the enemies of liberalism - became only too apparent.
This account of the republic's convulsions and survival offers a gripping image of a modern society in extreme crisis.
Weight: 668g
Dimension: 165 x 242 x 37 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781529360721
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