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3.0 out of 5 stars
what I wrote before the wall came down,
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This review is from: Weimar: Why Did German Democracy Fail (Debates in Modern History) (Hardcover)
IN Ian Kershaw's introduction he describes Weimar as an expression of modernity, in that during the 14 years of the Republic, 'nearly all the possibilities of modern existence were played out and in a whole number of scientific, technological and cultural spheres, the features of the world in which we live today, arose.' These essays present widely differing views as to why such a powerful expression of modernity led to disaster. No failed democracy has come under so much historical scrutiny: in recent years debate has centred on whether it was doomed from the outset. Carl-Ludwig Holtfrerich finds the root of Weimar's problems in the high level of German interest rates, leading to high wage demands, increased consumption and finally hyper-inflation. Sounds familiar.As the walls of Europe come tumbling down, this timely first in a new Debates In Modern History series shows the Weimar experiment raising fundamental questions about the viability of democracy, the relationship of economics to politics, the relationship between state and society and the stability of modern industrial society itself. (by the author of "The Dream of the Decade - The London Novels" |
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Weimar: Why Did German Democracy Fail (Debates in Modern History) by Ian Kershaw (Hardcover - May 1990)
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