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Hett, Benjamin Carter.
Subjects
Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945.
National socialism -- Germany -- History.
Political culture -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
Germany -- History -- 1933-1945.
Germany -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945.
Germany -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945.
Germany -- History -- 1918-1933.
Germany -- Politics and government -- 1918-1933.
Germany -- Social conditions -- 1918-1933.
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Hett, Benjamin Carter.
Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945.
National socialism -- Germany -- History.
Political culture -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
Germany -- History -- 1933-1945.
Germany -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945.
Germany -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945.
Germany -- History -- 1918-1933.
Germany -- Politics and government -- 1918-1933.
Germany -- Social conditions -- 1918-1933.
MARC Display
The
death
of
democracy
:
Hitler
's
rise
to
power
and the
fall
of the
Weimar
Republic
/ Benjamin Carter Hett.
by
Hett, Benjamin Carter.
Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Random House Canada, 2018.
Call #:
943.086 H591d
Subjects
Hitler
, Adolf, 1889-1945.
National socialism -- Germany -- History.
Political culture -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
Germany -- History -- 1933-1945.
Germany -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945.
Germany -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945.
Germany -- History -- 1918-1933.
Germany -- Politics and government -- 1918-1933.
Germany -- Social conditions -- 1918-1933.
ISBN:
9780735234819 (hc., Allen Lane Canadian ed.)
9781250162502 (hc., Henry Holt & Co. USA ed.)
Alternate title:
Hitler
's
rise
to
power
and the
fall
of the
Weimar
Republic
Edition:
First edition.
Description:
xix, 280 pages, 8 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
Why did
democracy
fall
apart so quickly and completely in Germany in the 1930s? How did a democratic government allow Adolf
Hitler
to seize
power
? To say that
Hitler
was elected is too simple. He would never have come to
power
if Germany'
s
leading politicians had not responded to a spate of populist insurgencies by trying to co-opt him, a strategy that backed them into a corner from which the only way out was to bring the Nazis in. The misguided confidence of conservative politicians who believed that
Hitler
and his followers would willingly support them, not recognizing that their efforts to use the Nazis actually played into
Hitler
's hands. They had willingly given him the tools to turn Germany into a vicious dictatorship. The portraits of these feckless politicans show how fragile
democracy
can be when those in
power
do not respect it. A powerful lesson for today, when
democracy
once again finds itself embattled and the siren song of strongmen sounds ever louder. Benjamin Carter Hett is a Canadian historian and the author of Burning the Reichstag, Crossing
Hitler
, and
Death
in the Tiergarten. He is a professor of history at Hunter College and has a PhD in history from Harvard University and a law degree from the University of Toronto. He grew up in Edmonton, Alberta, and now lives in New York City.
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