{"product_id":"the-fateful-alliance-german-conservatives-and-nazis-in-1933-the-machtergreifung-in-a-new-light-9781845454968","title":"The Fateful Alliance: German Conservatives and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tOn 30 January 1933, Alfred Hugenberg's conservative German National People's Party (DNVP) formed a coalition government with the Nazi Party, thus enabling Hitler to accede to the chancellorship. This book analyzes in detail the complicated relationship between Conservatives and Nazis and offers a re-interpretation of the Nazi seizure of power - the decisive months between 30 January and 14 July 1933. The \u003ci\u003eMachtergreifung\u003c\/i\u003e is characterized here as a period of all-pervasive violence and lawlessness with incessant conflicts between Nazis and German Nationals and Nazi attacks on the conservative \u003ci\u003eBürgertum\u003c\/i\u003e, a far cry from the traditional depiction of the takeover as a relatively bloodless, virtually sterile assumption of power by one vast impersonal apparatus wresting control from another. The author scrutinizes the revolutionary character of the Nazi seizure of power, the Nazis' attacks on the conservative \u003ci\u003eBürgertum\u003c\/i\u003e and its values, and National Socialism's co-optation of conservative symbols of state power to serve radically new goals, while addressing the issue of why the DNVP was complicit in this and paradoxically participated in eroding the foundations of its very own principles and bases of support.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t“\u003cem\u003eThe strength of the study lies undoubtedly in the empirical research that is simply impressive and considerably widens our historical knowledge of the year 1933.\u003c\/em\u003e”\u003cb\u003e  ·  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJournal of Modern History\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Beck’s extraordinarily well-researched and trenchantly argued monograph restores a welcome sense of contingency to the first months of the Nazi ‘seizure of power’ “\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003e  ·  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEuropean History Quarterly\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e“...a compelling study...Beck’s engaging analysis offers valuable and perceptive insights into the course and character of the Nazi seizure of power and deserves to be read widely.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  ·  American Historical Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e“He uses the\u003c\/i\u003e Machtergreifung\u003ci\u003e to give new insight not only in the chaos of 1933, but also into the more general constellation of power relationships in Weimar Germany. A valuable contribution to the current literature on both the Nazis and the conservatives. Highly recommended.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  ·  Choice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e“…[an] excellent treatment of the German National People’s Party (CNVP) in the tumultuous spring and summer of 1933…Beck’s signal contribution is the unblinking and well-researched fashion in which he sheds valuable new light on the oft-told story of the rise of the Nazi dictatorship.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  ·  German Studies Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e“Already the authoritative voice on German Conservatism in the nineteenth century, Beck proves himself anew with his meticulously researched, tightly-argued, and skillfully written book on the complex interaction between National Socialism and Conservatism during the Third Reich.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  ·  James F. Tent\u003c\/b\u003e, University of Alabama at Birmingham\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e“…illuminating original research and insightful analysis.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  ·  Henry Ashby Turner\u003c\/b\u003e, Yale University\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e“A well-written, readable and solidly researched account.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  ·  Jeremy Noakes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e“Hermann Beck has given us by far the best account that we have of the German political right and the triumph of Hitler, an original, carefully researched and revisionist study which will revise certain standard interpretations. Provides a new perspective on the relationship between the DNVP and the Jews, and particularly on the Nazis’ intense animosity against the DNVP and the bourgeoisie.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  ·  Stanley G. Payne\u003c\/b\u003e, Hilldale-Jaume Vicens Vives Professor Emeritus of History, University of Wisconsin-Madison\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tPreface\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1. \u003c\/strong\u003ePragmatists versus Fundamentalists: The DNVP in the Weimar Republic, 1918-1933\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2. \u003c\/strong\u003eUneasy Partners: The Relationship between the DNVP and the Nazis, 30 January-5 March\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3. \u003c\/strong\u003eConservatives and the NSDAP during the \"National Revolution\" of March 1933\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Nazis and the Conservative \u003cem\u003eBürgertum\u003c\/em\u003e: A Clash of Worlds\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5. \u003c\/strong\u003eBetween the Dictates of Conscience and Poltical Expediency: The DNVP and Anti-Semitism\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6. \u003c\/strong\u003eRebellion against the Inevitable: The Tribulations of Spring 1933\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7. \u003c\/strong\u003eIgnominious Demise: Defections, Prohibitions, and Final Dissolution\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eAppendix\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tSelect Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042977775959,"sku":"9781845454968","price":96.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781845454968.jpg?v=1750956494","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-fateful-alliance-german-conservatives-and-nazis-in-1933-the-machtergreifung-in-a-new-light-9781845454968","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}