Fateful Hours: The Collapse Of The Weimar Republic
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
In the shadow of democracy's death, Fateful Hours: The Collapse of the Weimar Republic by Volker Ullrich chronicles the dramatic and turbulent final days of Germany's first democratic experiment, a republic born from the ashes of World War I and strangled by the rising forces of extremism, economic catastrophe, and political paralysis. Set against the volatile backdrop of interwar Germany, the book presents a gripping account of the key figures, decisive moments, and systemic failures that allowed Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party to seize power, tracing the republic's tragic arc from its fragile founding in 1919 to its catastrophic dissolution in 1933. Ullrich, one of Germany's most respected historians and the acclaimed biographer of Hitler, brings his formidable analytical rigour and narrative precision to bear on this pivotal period, illustrating how the convergence of institutional weakness, mass unemployment, and ideological radicalism created the conditions for totalitarianism to triumph over liberal democracy. Written with both scholarly authority and the urgency of a political thriller, Fateful Hours stands as a cautionary chronicle that resonates far beyond its historical moment — leaving the reader to ask, with uncomfortable relevance, whether the warning signs were ever truly heeded.
Author: Volker Ullrich
Format: Hardback
Genre: European history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
In the shadow of democracy's death, Fateful Hours: The Collapse of the Weimar Republic by Volker Ullrich chronicles the dramatic and turbulent final days of Germany's first democratic experiment, a republic born from the ashes of World War I and strangled by the rising forces of extremism, economic catastrophe, and political paralysis. Set against the volatile backdrop of interwar Germany, the book presents a gripping account of the key figures, decisive moments, and systemic failures that allowed Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party to seize power, tracing the republic's tragic arc from its fragile founding in 1919 to its catastrophic dissolution in 1933. Ullrich, one of Germany's most respected historians and the acclaimed biographer of Hitler, brings his formidable analytical rigour and narrative precision to bear on this pivotal period, illustrating how the convergence of institutional weakness, mass unemployment, and ideological radicalism created the conditions for totalitarianism to triumph over liberal democracy. Written with both scholarly authority and the urgency of a political thriller, Fateful Hours stands as a cautionary chronicle that resonates far beyond its historical moment — leaving the reader to ask, with uncomfortable relevance, whether the warning signs were ever truly heeded.