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Journal Of Modern European History - Political Violence in the Weimar Republic, 1918-1933: Fight for the Streets and Fear of Civil War (Studies in German History) - 9781845454609 - V9781845454609
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Political Violence in the Weimar Republic, 1918-1933: Fight for the Streets and Fear of Civil War (Studies in German History)

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Description for Political Violence in the Weimar Republic, 1918-1933: Fight for the Streets and Fear of Civil War (Studies in German History) Hardcover. The Prussian province of Saxony-where the Communist uprising of March 1921 took place and two Combat Leagues (Wehrverbande) were founded (the right-wing Stahlhelm and the Social Democratic Reichsbanner) - is widely recognized as a politically important region in this period of German history. Series: Studies in Germany History. Num Pages: 346 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 27. Weight in Grams: 658.

A comprehensive analysis of political violence in Weimar Germany with particular emphasis on the political culture from which it emerged.

“Today’s readers, living in what Charles Maier calls ‘a new epoch of vanished reassurance’, will find this book absorbing and troubling.”—The Historian

The Prussian province of Saxony—where the Communist uprising of March 1921 took place and two Combat Leagues (Wehrverbände) were founded (the right-wing Stahlhelm and the Social Democratic Reichsbanner)—is widely recognized as a politically important region in this period of German history. Using a case study of this socially diverse province, this book refutes both the ... Read more

From the introduction:
After the phase of civil war, political violence assumed a distinctly limited form. It was no longer aimed at killing or wounding as many opponents as possible; instead, it served political parties and organizations as an instrument for exerting pressure in the struggle over control of the street. This development was driven by the Combat Leagues (Wehrverbände) of all political camps, who, with their uniforms and marches, injected militaristic elements into the political culture. However, since the violence they perpetrated followed a political and not a military logic, it was, as I will show, in principle controllable and did not pose a fundamental threat to the political order, not even in 1932, that particularly turbulent year before Hitler’s assumption of power.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Germany History
Number of Pages
398
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845454609
SKU
V9781845454609
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99-15

About Journal Of Modern European History
Dirk Schumann is Professor of History at Georg-August University, Göttingen. He is the co-editor of Life After Death (2003), Violence and Society after the First World War (first issue of Journal of Modern European History [2003]), Between Mass Death and Individual Loss (2007). Most recently, he has edited Raising Citizens in the "Century of the Child". The United States and ... Read more

Reviews for Political Violence in the Weimar Republic, 1918-1933: Fight for the Streets and Fear of Civil War (Studies in German History)
“In his exceptional regional study of the Prussian province of Saxony, Schumann offers a richly detailed analysis of political violence in the Weimar Republic…This is a wordy but methodical and ultimately convincing work of scholarship.” • Choice “In noting that political violence was the product of choices made by political actors rather than the result of irresistible ... Read more

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