Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Introduction: Prussia, Germany and the Crucible of War Timeline 1. Years of Crisis, 1918-1923 2. The Struggle for Moderation: Weimar Political Culture 3. The Great Inflation and Weimar Economics 4. Revisionism and the Search for Stability: Weimar Foreign Policy 5. Weimar Society and Culture 6. Crisis and Collapse, 1929-1933 Conclusion: Did Weimar Fail? Appendices Notes Further Reading Index

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It is impossible to understand the history of modern Europe without some knowledge of the Weimar Republic. The brief fourteen-year period of democracy was marked by unstable government, economic crisis and the rise of extremist political movements. Yet at the same time a vibrant cultural scene flourished.

About the Author

Colin Storer is Lecturer in History at the University of Nottingham. He holds a PhD from University of Nottingham and previously taught at the University of Warwick. He is the author of Britain and the Weimar Republic: The History of a Cultural Relationship (I.B.Tauris).