{"product_id":"from-weimar-to-hitler-studies-in-the-dissolution-of-the-weimar-republic-and-the-establishment-of-the-third-reich-1932-1934-9781785339172","title":"From Weimar to Hitler: Studies in the Dissolution","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tThough often depicted as a rapid political transformation, the Nazi seizure of power was in fact a process that extended from the appointment of the Papen cabinet in the early summer of 1932 through the Röhm blood purge two years later. Across fourteen rigorous and carefully researched chapters, \u003cem\u003eFrom Weimar to Hitler \u003c\/em\u003eoffers a compelling collective investigation of this critical period in modern German history. Each case study presents new empirical research on the crisis of Weimar democracy, the establishment of the Nazi dictatorship, and Hitler’s consolidation of power. Together, they provide multiple perspectives on the extent to which the triumph of Nazism was historically predetermined or the product of human miscalculation and intent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“These detailed, readable essays offer valuable evidence of how particular actors made the Nazi takeover possible, whether through active choice or passive behavior…This volume shows the combination of bad faith, naiveté, and outright moral hollowness that prevailed between 1932 and 1934, offering lessons about Germany’s past that remain relevant to our current political moment.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Central European History\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“The editors have brought together a dozen contributions that are concise as well as gratifyingly homogenous and succeed in offering various corrections to a fairly well-known historical terrain.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Historische Zeitschrift\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe issues that the volume raises are not new…However, the essays offer valuable new perspectives on longstanding questions. The editors have written very helpful introductory and concluding essays which both provide an overview as well as suggesting future avenues of historical inquiry…This review cannot do justice to the high level of research and analysis which characterizes the scholarship in this volume. The essays provide an outstanding overview of new scholarship on the Nazi seizure of power and the early years of the Nazi dictatorship.\u003c\/em\u003e From Weimar to Hitler \u003cem\u003eshould be of great interest to any scholar working in the field of modern German history.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• German History\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This excellent, accessible volume will be of great interest to scholars and informed readers looking to gain new insight into the topic of Hitler’s seizure and consolidation of power.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Barry Jackisch\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of Saint Francis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Abbreviations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Nazi Seizure of Power in Historical and Historiographical Perspective\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eHermann Beck and Larry Eugene Jones\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e Taming the Nazi Beast: Kurt von Schleicher and the End of the Weimar Republic\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eLarry Eugene Jones\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eAusnahmezustand\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eStaatsnotstandsplan\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eErmächtigungsgesetz\u003c\/em\u003e: Reappraising Carl Schmitt’s Political Constitutionalism and the Demise of Weimar\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJoseph W. Bendersky\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Ludwig Kaas and the End of the German Center Party\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMartin Menke\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Nazi Seizure of Power in Bavaria and the Demise of the Bavarian People’s Party\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eWinfried Becker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e German Big Business and the Nazi Revolution, 1933–34\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003ePeter Hayes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e Violence against ‘\u003cem\u003eOstjuden\u003c\/em\u003e’ in the Spring of 1933 and the Reaction of German Authorities\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eHermann Beck\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e The SA in the \u003cem\u003eGleichschaltung\u003c\/em\u003e: The Context of Power and Violence\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eBruce B. Campbell\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e Nationalist Socialism against National Socialism?: Perceptions of Nazism and Anti-Nazi Strategies in the Circle of the \u003cem\u003eNeue Blätter für den Sozialismus\u003c\/em\u003e, 1930–34\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eStefan Vogt\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e Nationalism, Socialism, and Organized Labor’s Response to the Dissolution of the Weimar Republic\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eWilliam L. Patch, Jr.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/strong\u003e From Collegiality to the \u003cem\u003eFührerprinzip\u003c\/em\u003e: The 1933 Introduction of the Episcopacy in the Hamburg \u003cem\u003eLandeskirche\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eRainer Hering\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/strong\u003e Friedrich von Bodelschwingh and the Protestant Appeasement of the Nazi Regime, 1933–34\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eEdward Snyder\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 12.\u003c\/strong\u003e In Search of Allies: Catholic Conservatives, the Alliance of Catholic Germans, and the Nazi Regime, 1933–34\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eLarry Eugene Jones and Kevin P. Spicer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 13.\u003c\/strong\u003e German Youth between Euphoria and Resistance: Political Coercion and the Coordination of German Youth\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAndré Postert\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 14.\u003c\/strong\u003e “German Youth, Your Leader!”: How National Socialism Entered Elementary Schools in 1933\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eKatharine Kennedy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eConclusion:\u003c\/strong\u003e Reaffirming the Value of Political History\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eHermann Beck and Larry Eugene Jones\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042411217239,"sku":"9781785339172","price":118.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781785339172.jpg?v=1750954066","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/from-weimar-to-hitler-studies-in-the-dissolution-of-the-weimar-republic-and-the-establishment-of-the-third-reich-1932-1934-9781785339172","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}