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Book SynopsisUsing many unpublished and other primary sources as well as interviews with aides and associates of Hindenburg, the author shows in Hindenburg and the Weimar Republic how this proud and cautious man, naive in politics and preoccupied with his reputation among his fellow generals, failed to act in crucial situations, or hesitated until action was fu
Table of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. vii*Contents, pg. xi*Abbreviations, pg. xiii*1. Early Service in the Republic, pg. 1*2. Interim, pg. 44*3. The Election of 1925, pg. 64*4. The Constitutional President, pg. 90*5. Republican Interlude, pg. 140*6. The Bruning Era: Parliamentary Prelude, pg. 179*7. The Bruning Era: Parliamentary Dictatorship, pg. 206*8. Reelection, pg. 254*9. The Dismissal of Bruning, pg. 301*10. The Papen Era, pg. 328*11. From Papen to Schleicher, pg. 371*12. The Schleicher Interlude, pg. 397*13. Surrender, pg. 447*Postscript, pg. 484*Bibliography, pg. 485*Index, pg. 497