Germany, 1914-1933

Germany, 1914-1933 takes a fresh and critical look at this crucial period in German history. The book suggests that previous scholars have been wrong to focus on 1918 rather than 1914 as the starting point of Germany’s descent into chaos and dictatorship and in particular will show that 1914 was a significant turning point in terms of German attitudes towards nationalism and gender and the role of violence in political life. Also included is a critical discussion of the failure of the Weimar Republic to capture the hearts and minds of German people in the 1920s, and the causes of its final demise in the early 1930s.