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Von der Goltz Anna <1978-> |
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Titolo |
Hindenburg : power, myth, and the rise of the Nazis / / Anna von der Goltz |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009 |
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0-19-969586-5 |
0-19-157139-3 |
1-282-34653-9 |
9786612346538 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xv, 325 pages) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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Oxford historical monographs |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Presidents - Germany |
Germany Politics and government 1918-1933 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The 'Victor of Tannenberg'; 2. Surviving failure; 3. Anti-democratic politics; 4. Electing 'the Saviour'; 5. Buying the icon; 6. Hollow unity; 7. The 'inverted fronts' of 1932; 8. 'The Marshal and the Corporal; 9. Hindenburg after 1945; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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'Hindenburg' reveals how a previously little-known general, whose career to normal retirement age had provided no real foretaste of his heroic status, became a national icon and living myth in Germany after the First World War, capturing the imagination of millions. |
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