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Beschreibung
Gustav Stresemann was the exceptional political figure of his time. His early death in 1929 has long been viewed as the beginning of the end for the Weimar Republic and the opening through which Hitler was able to come to power. His career was marked by many contradictions but also a pervading loyalty to the values of liberalism and nationalism. This enabled him in time both to adjust to defeat and revolution and to recognize in the Republic the only basis on which Germans could unite, and in European cooperation the only way to avoid a new war. His attempt to build a stable Germany as an equal power in a stable Europe throws an important light on German history in a critical time. Hitler was the beneficiary of his failure but, so long as he was alive, Stresemann offered Germans a clear alternative to the Nazis. Jonathan Wright's fascinating new study is the first modern biography of Stresemann to appear in English or German.
Gustav Stresemann was the exceptional political figure of his time. His early death in 1929 has long been viewed as the beginning of the end for the Weimar Republic and the opening through which Hitler was able to come to power. His career was marked by many contradictions but also a pervading loyalty to the values of liberalism and nationalism. This enabled him in time both to adjust to defeat and revolution and to recognize in the Republic the only basis on which Germans could unite, and in European cooperation the only way to avoid a new war. His attempt to build a stable Germany as an equal power in a stable Europe throws an important light on German history in a critical time. Hitler was the beneficiary of his failure but, so long as he was alive, Stresemann offered Germans a clear alternative to the Nazis. Jonathan Wright's fascinating new study is the first modern biography of Stresemann to appear in English or German.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Introduction

  • 1: 'The Child is father of the Man': 1878-1901

  • 2: 'A hunger for power': Business and Politics, 1901-1914

  • 3: 'For the greater, freer Germany of the future': War, 1914-1918

  • 4: 'We are and reamin independent towards the Right and the Left': Accommodation and Opposition, October 1918-June 1920

  • 5: 'The Latchkey to Power': Building a Coalition of the Centre, June 1920-December 1922

  • 6: 'All but political suicide': Ruhr Occupation and Chancellor, 1923

  • 7: 'A gleam of light on the otherwise dark horizon': The Dawes Plan and the Road to Locarno, 1924-1925

  • 8: Locarno and the League, 1925-1926

  • 9: Peaceful Revision in the Balance, 1927-1928

  • 10: 1929: Stresemann or Hugenberg?

  • 11: Conclusion

  • Bibliography

  • Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780199273294
ISBN-10: 0199273294
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Wright, Jonathan
Hersteller: OUP Oxford
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Postfach:81 03 40, D-70567 Stuttgart, vertrieb@dbg.de
Maße: 234 x 156 x 33 mm
Von/Mit: Jonathan Wright
Erscheinungsdatum: 16.09.2004
Gewicht: 0,91 kg
Artikel-ID: 108631642

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