| Description |
xii, 205 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
1. The Fall of the Second Reich -- 2. The Freikorps and the War after the War -- 3. The Treaty of Versailles -- 4. Enter Adolf Hitler -- 5. Street Violence and Inflation -- 6. The Beer Hall Putsch -- 7. Political Stability and the Nazi Party's Slow Growth Period, 1924-1929 -- 8. The Great Depression and Political Chaos -- 9. The Suicide of Geli Raubal -- 10. Continuous Electioneering and "Cattle Trading" -- 11. Hitler Achieves His Goal |
| Summary |
Hitler attained power in 1933 as the result of a complex set of factors, including the Treaty of Versailles that ended World War I; the German's lack of faith in democracy and the reasons behind it; the corruption and mismanagement that characterized the Weimar Republic, as democratic Germany was called; the hyperinflation of the early 1920s, during which the German currency lost 99.3% of its value in just 12 weeks and the cost of eggs soared to 80 billion marks each; the Great Depression, during which nearly a quarter of the German work force was unemployed; the political and economic instability of the times, in which the Nazis thrived; and the evil genius of Adolf Hitler, master politician. Why Hitler? transports the reader back to the Germany of the 1920s and 1930s, to a time when a country and a civilization began its apocalyptic descent |
| Analysis |
Germany Economic conditions 1918-1945 |
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Germany Politics and government 1918-1933 |
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Germany Politics and government 1933-1945 |
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Hitler, Adolf 1889-1945 |
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National socialism |
| Notes |
Bibliography: p195-198. - Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-198) and index |
| Subject |
Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945.
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National socialism.
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| SUBJECT |
Germany -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054497
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Germany -- Politics and government -- 1918-1933. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054639
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Germany -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054640
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| LC no. |
96016246 |
| ISBN |
0275954854 (alk. paper) |
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