Introduction: Bruning and the Prussian Tradition -- 1. Bruning's Political Apprenticeship. 1.1. The Education of a Prussian Patriot. 1.2. The Trade Union Secretary. 1.3. The Parliamentarian. 1.4. Physician and Heir to the Great Coalition -- 2. The Establishment of Semi-Parliamentary Government. 2.1. In Search of a Parliamentary Solution. 2.2. Bruning's Test of Strength with the SPD. 2.3. The SPD as Bruning's Silent Partner -- 3. Foreign Policy and the "National Opposition" 3.1. The Meaning of "Prussia" for Bruning's Inner Circle. 3.2. Bruning's Response to the Rise of National Socialism. 3.3. Germany Takes the Diplomatic Initiative -- 4. Economics and Politics in the Shadow of the Bank Crisis. 4.1. The Reorganization of the Banking System. 4.2. The Formation of Bruning's Second Cabinet. 4.3. The Decision to Persevere with Deflation. 4.4. The Primacy of Foreign Policy -- 5. Bruning's Fall. 5.1. Schleicher's Strategy for "Taming" the NSDAP. 5.2. The Reelection of the President
5.3. The SA Ban. 5.4. Bruning's Race Against Time -- 6. The Destruction of the Rule of Law. 6.1. The Failure of Presidential Government. 6.2. The Triumph of Totalitarianism. 6.3. Bruning in Exile
Notes
Bibliography: p331-351. _ Includes index
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-351) and index
