{"product_id":"9780199546473","title":"November 1918 : The German Revolution","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Gerwarth, Robert (Professor of Modern History at UCD and Director of the Centre for War Studies), \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 11\/07\/2020,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 368 pages, Maps and black and white illustrations,\u003cbr\u003e Series: Making of the Modern World, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Oxford University Press,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOxford University Press,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Germany, European history\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780199546473\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe German Revolution of November 1918 is nowadays largely forgotten outside Germany. It is generally regarded as a failure even by those who have heard of it, a missed opportunity which paved the way for the rise of the Nazis and the catastrophe to come. Robert Gerwarth argues here that to view the German Revolution in this way is a serious misjudgement.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNot only did it bring down the authoritarian monarchy of the Hohenzollern, it also brought into being the first ever German democracy in an amazingly bloodless way. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFocusing on the dramatic events between the last months of the First World War in 1918 and Hitler's Munich Putsch of 1923, Robert Gerwarth illuminates the fundamental and deep-seated ways in which the November Revolution changed Germany. In doing so, he reminds us that, while it is easy with the benefit of hindsight to write off the 1918 Revolution as a 'failure', this failure was not somehow pre-ordained.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1918, the fate of the German Revolution remained very much an open book.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35022242611353,"sku":"9780199546473","price":26.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9780199546473.jpg?v=1604864998","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9780199546473","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}