Gustav Stresemann : Weimar's greatest statesman / Jonathan Wright.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wright, Jonathan, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stresemann, Gustav, 1878-1929.

Stresemann, Gustav.

Statesmen--Germany--Biography.

Statesmen.

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

Germany.

Germany--Foreign relations--1918-1933.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (604 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A study of Gustav Stresemann, the politician who held together the coalition that provided a serious opposition to the Nazi party in the 1920s. On his death this opposition collapsed and along with it the chance of establishing a stable and democratic Germany at the heart of a stable Europe.

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Maps; List of Abbreviations; Glossary; Introduction; 1. 'The Child is father of the Man': 1878–1901; 2. 'A hunger for power': Business and Politics, 1901–1914; 3. 'For the greater, freer Germany of the future': War, 1914–1918; 4. 'We are and remain independent towards the Right and the Left': Accommodation and Opposition, October 1918–June 1920; 5. 'The Latchkey to Power': Building a Coalition of the Centre, June 1920–December 1922; 6. 'All but political suicide': Ruhr Occupation and Chancellor, 1923

7. 'A gleam of light on the otherwise dark horizon': The Dawes Plan and the Road to Locarno, 1924–19258. Locarno and the League, 1925–1926; 9. Peaceful Revision in the Balance, 1927–1928; 10. 1929: Stresemann or Hugenberg?; 11. Conclusion; Maps; Bibliography; Index;

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2002.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 529-552) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

1-383-01105-2

0-19-160846-7

1-280-44590-4

9786610445905

0-19-151880-8

1-280-75784-1

9786610757848

0-19-151518-3

1-4294-2203-3

OCLC:

476260737