The fateful alliance : German conservatives and Nazis in 1933 : the Machtergreifung in a new light / Hermann Beck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beck, Hermann, 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deutschnationale Volkspartei--History.

Deutschnationale Volkspartei.

Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei--History.

Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei.

Conservatism--Germany--History.

Conservatism.

National socialism.

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

Germany.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (370 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

On 30 January 1933, Alfred Hugenberg's conservative German National People's Party (DNVP) formed a coalition government with the Nazi Party, thus enabling Hitler to accede to the chancellorship. This book analyzes in detail the complicated relationship between Conservatives and Nazis and offers a re-interpretation of the Nazi seizure of power - the decisive months between 30 January and 14 July 1933. The Machtergreifung is characterized here as a period of all-pervasive violence and lawlessness with incessant conflicts between Nazis and German Nationals and Nazi attacks on the conservative Bür

Contents:

Title page-The Fateful Alliance; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1-Pragmatists versus Fundamentalists; Chapter 2-Uneasy Partners; Chapter 3-Consercatives and the NSDAP during the ""National Revolution"" of March 1933; Chapter 4-The Nazis and the Conservative Burgertum; Chapter 5-Between the Dictates of Conscience and Political Expediency; Chapter 6-Rebellion against the Inevitable; Chapter 7-Ignominious Demise; Epilogue; Appendix; Select Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-332) and index.

ISBN:

1-80758-925-0

1-282-62670-1

9786612626708

0-85745-018-2

OCLC:

645100895