Revolution in Bavaria, 1918-1919: The Eisner Regime and the Soviet Republic

by Allan Mitchell

Book Overview

The tangled affairs in Bavaria at the close of World War I constitute a unique and important part of the early Weimar Republic. This study of the 1918 revolution, based on archival sources such as cabinet protocols and bureaucratic records, traces in detail the overthrow of the Wittelsbach dynasty and the foundation of the Bavarian Republic under Kurt Eisner. It also broadens and balances current understanding of the first Communist attempts to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691624526
• ISBN13: 9780691624525
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 386 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 8.0"