The Weimar Republic / Eberhard Kolb ; translated by P.S. Falla and R.J. Park.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-283) and index.

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Part Part one -- chapter 1 The revolution and the foundation of the Republic, 1918/19 -- chapter 2 The Paris Peace Conference and the Treaty of Versailles -- chapter 3 The years of crisis, 1919-23 -- chapter 1 German foreign policy within the European system -- chapter 2 Structural problems and domestic politics -- chapter 3 The artistic avant-garde and mass culture in the 'golden twenties' -- chapter 1 The rise of National Socialism in the shadow of the world economic crisis -- chapter 2 Disintegration of the political system: the period of presidential Cabinets -- part PART TWO Basic problems and trends of research -- chapter 1 The Weimar Republic as a subject of historical research -- chapter 2 The revolutionary origins of the Republic -- chapter 3 The Reich constitution, the party system and the Reichswehr -- chapter 4 Problems of economic and social development -- chapter 5 From the peace treaty to the Young Plan: international relations and foreign policy, 1919-30 -- chapter 6 The last phase of the Republic.

This text argues that the Weimar Republic was not doomed from its conception at the Treaty of Versailles and therefore it was a complex set of factors which allowed Hitler to rise to power. This edition features an updated and extended bibliography and revision throughout the text. It is often assumed that the Weimar Republic was bound to fail due to the harsh terms of the Versailles Settlement. Professor Hiden dispels this simplistic view and shows that it was a complex set of factors which finally brought Hitler to power. This clear and balanced study is now fully revised - for the first time since its publication in 1974 - to take account of the latest research.

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