{"product_id":"1923-the-crisis-that-led-to-hitlers-coup","title":"1923 : The Crisis That Led to Hitler's Coup","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Jones, Mark \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 18\/01\/2024,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 416 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781529360745,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE YEAR'Excellent' Richard Evans'A vivid, crisp, impressively sustained narrative' Financial Times'Riveting' Irish Independent'Refreshing and readable' Irish Times'Gripping . . . thoroughly researched and beautifully written . . . a warning for our times' Alex Watson, author of Ring of Steel'Fascinating . . . shows powerfully that there was nothing inevitable about the survival of Germany's young democracy in that year - nor about its death a decade later. A timely reminder' Katja Hoyer, author of Beyond the WallThe astonishing year when German democracy faced crisis and near destruction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1923 was one of the most remarkable\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eyears of modern European history. In January, France and Belgium militarily occupied\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGermany's economic heartland, the Ruhr; triggering a series of crises that\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ealmost spiralled out of control. Hyperinflation plunged millions into\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epoverty. The search for scapegoats empowered political extremes. Hitler's\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epopulism ascended to national prominence. Communists, Nazis, separatists all\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethought that they could use the crises to destroy democracy. None succeeded. 1923 was the year of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHitler's first victory - and his first defeat. Fanning the flames of instability,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eanti-government and antisemitic sentiment, the Nazis' abortive yet pivotal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eputsch in a Munich beer hall failed when they were abandoned by their\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elikeminded conservative allies. Drawing on previously unseen sources,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark Jones weaves together a thrilling and resonant narrative of German lives\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein this turbulent time. Tracing Hitler's rise, we see how political pragmatism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand international cooperation eventually steered the nation away from total\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einsurrection. A decade later, when Weimar democracy eventually succumbed to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etyranny, the warnings from 1923 - rising of nationalist rhetoric, fragile European\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econsensus, and underestimation the of the enemies of liberalism - became only\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etoo apparent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis account of the republic's convulsions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand survival offers a gripping image of a modern society in extreme crisis.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43100987818028,"sku":"9781529360745","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9781529360745.jpg?v=1713000902","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/1923-the-crisis-that-led-to-hitlers-coup","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}