Germany Tried Democracy: A Political History of the Third Reich From 1918 to 1933

New York: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1965. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Good Condition. A Norton Library Book. One of the best single volume histories of the Weimar Republic in the English language. Clean orange wraps with light wear around edges and corners, spine edge rubbed, no spine creasing. Tight, solid and square book. Pages clean, a handful of pages with underlined text, otherwise unmarked. A solid volume.This book takes a look at that chaotic brand of democracy that characterized the Weimar Republic. It opens with a chapter on Bismark's empire of 1871-1914--when Wagner was glorifying everything German, Nietzche was developing the German power complex, and depressions were being blamed on the Jews. From that point there is a play-by-play description of the political happenings. The author delves in detail into the numerous political parties forming, the dictates of Woodrow Wilson from America, establishing the Republic, civil war, Versailles Treaty, Hitler on the horizon, the Dawes Plan, the presidency of von Hindenburg, the Great Depression--. and finally Hitler himself. 567pages with Bibliographical Suggestions and Index. 5 x 7 inches. 1965, W W Norton & Co., New York