Gustav Stresemann: Weimar's Greatest Statesman

by Jonathan Wright

Book Overview

Gustav Stresemann was the exceptional political figure of his time. His early death in 1929 has long been viewed as the beginning of the end for the Weimar Republic and the opening through which Hitler was able to come to power. His career was marked by many contradictions but also a pervading loyalty to the values of liberalism and nationalism. This enabled him in time both to adjust to defeat and revolution and to recognize in the Republic the only...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199273294
• ISBN13: 9780199273294
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 2.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.2"