The German Revolution, 1917-1923 / by Pierre Broue ; translated by John Archer and edited by Ian Birchall and Brian Pearce ; with an introduction by Eric D. Weitz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Broué, Pierre.

Contributor:

Birchall, Ian H.

Pearce, Brian.

Series:

Historical materialism book series ; 5.

Historical materialism book series, 1570-1522 ; 5

Standardized Title:

Révolution en Allemagne, 1917-1923. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1914-1918--Germany.

World War, 1914-1918.

Germany--Politics and government--1918-1933.

Germany.

Germany--History--Revolution, 1918.

Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands--History.

Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvii, 991 pages)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

On 12 October 1923, Grigory Zinoviev, president of the Communist International wrote the following in Pravda : The German events are developing with the inexorability of fate. The path which it took the Russian Revolution twelve years to cover, from 1906 to 1917, will have taken the German Revolution five years, from 1918 to 1923. ... The proletarian revolution is knocking at Germany's door; you would have to be blind not to see it. ... Very soon, everyone will see that this autumn of 1923 is a turning-point, not just for the history of Germany, but for the history of the whole world. In fact, far from being on the point of triumphing, the German Revolution was on the verge of an irredeemable disaster which would soon inflict terrible consequences on Germany and the world. In this magisterial work, first published 1971 and still unsurpassed, Pierre Broué meticulously reconstitutes the six decisive years during which - between 'ultra-leftism and 'opportunism', 'sectarianism' and 'revisionism', 'activism' and 'passivity' - the German revolutionaries attempted to begin a new chapter in the history of the proletariat.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

The Battlefield

Social Democracy Before 1914

The Lefts in German Social Democracy

The War and the Crisis of Social Democracy

The Foundation of the Independent Social-Democratic Party

The Rise of the Revolutionary Movement

Problems of the World Revolution

The November Revolution

The Period of Dual Power

The Crisis in the Socialist Movement

The Foundation of the Communist Party of Germany

The Uprising of January 1919

The Noske Period

Stabilisation in Germany and World Revolution

The Communist Party After January 1919

The Ultra-Left Opposition and the Split

The Problem of Centrism

The Kapp Putsch

The Communist Party at the Crossroads

Moscow and the German Revolutionaries

The Great Hopes of 1920

Paul Levi: A German Conception of Communism

The First Steps of the Unified Communist Party

The Split in the Italian Socialist Party

The March Action

The Aftermath of a Defeat

The Moscow Compromise

Unity Preserved With Difficulty

A New Start

The Rapallo Turn

For the United Front Against Poverty and Reaction

The 'Mass Communist Party'

The Workers' Government

The Development of the Tactic

The Occupation of the Ruhr

Crisis in the KPD

An Unprecedented Pre-Revolutionary Situation

The Overthrow of the Cuno Government

Preparing the Insurrection

Moscow's View of the German Revolution

The German October

Aftermath of Another Defeat

History and Politics

Grafting Bolshevism onto German Stock

Paul Levi:The Lost Opportunity?

Karl Radek:The Confusion of Styles?

Balance Sheet of a Defeat

Chronology

Bibliography.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [935]-957).

ISBN:

1-280-91538-2

9786610915385

90-474-0572-2

1-4294-0844-8

OCLC:

191934618

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789047405726 DOI