The Weimar Republic, 1919-33

The Weimar Republic presents a much-needed reappraisal of Germany between the wars, examining the political, social and economic aims of the new republic, their failure and how they led to Nazism and eventually World War II. The author includes: an examination of the legacy of World War I and the Treaty of Versailles, discussion of the early years of crisis culminating in the Ruhr Invasion and the Dawes Settlement, exploration of the circumstances leading to the rise of Hitler, an outline of the historiography of, and the changing attitudes of historians to, the Weimar Republic.