Hindenburg : power, myth, and the rise of the Nazis / Anna von der Goltz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Von der Goltz, Anna, 1978-

Series:

Oxford historical monographs.

Oxford historical monographs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Presidents--Germany--Biography.

Presidents.

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

Germany.

Hindenburg, Paul von, 1847-1934.

Hindenburg, Paul von.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 325 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'Hindenburg' reveals how a previously little-known general, whose career to normal retirement age had provided no real foretaste of his heroic status, became a national icon and living myth in Germany after the First World War, capturing the imagination of millions.

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The 'Victor of Tannenberg'; 2. Surviving failure; 3. Anti-democratic politics; 4. Electing 'the Saviour'; 5. Buying the icon; 6. Hollow unity; 7. The 'inverted fronts' of 1932; 8. 'The Marshal and the Corporal; 9. Hindenburg after 1945; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-969586-5

0-19-157139-3

1-282-34653-9

9786612346538

OCLC:

502012604