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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785001203321

Autore

Gerwarth Robert

Titolo

The Bismarck myth : Weimar Germany and the legacy of the Iron Chancellor / / Robert Gerwarth

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Clarendon Press

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2005

ISBN

1-383-04275-6

1-280-86991-7

0-19-153597-4

1-4356-0937-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (229 pages)

Collana

Oxford historical monographs

Disciplina

943.08092

Soggetti

Statesmen - Germany

Germany Politics and government 1918-1933

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [178]-208) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Prologue: The Bismarck Myth in Wilhelmine Germany (1890-1918); 3. After the Collapse; 4. Fragmented Society-Divided Memory: Perceptions of Bismarck in Early Weimar Germany; 5. Fighting the 'Enemies of the Reich': Bismarck and the State Crisis of 1922-1923; 6. Bismarck as an Election Campaigner; 7. In the Shadow of Stabilization; 8. Towards the Abyss: Bismarck and the Dissolution of the Weimar Republic; 9. Epilogue: Bismarck between the 'Seizure of Power' and Reunification (1933-1990); 10. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Few statesmen in history have inspired the imagination of generations of Germans more than the founder of the Kaiserreich, Otto von Bismarck. The archetype of charismatic leadership, the Iron Chancellor maintained his pre-eminent position in the pantheon of Germany's political iconography for much of the twentieth century. Based on a large selection of primary sources, this book provides an insightful analysis of Bismarck's legacy as a political myth that undermined parliamentary. democracy in Germany and contributed to the rise of Hitler.