Gustav Stresemann: Weimar's Greatest Statesman - Hardcover

Wright, Jonathan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198219490 ISBN 13: 9780198219491

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2002

Synopsis

Gustav Stresemann was the exceptional political figure of his time. His early death in 1929 has long been viewed as the beginning of the end for the Weimar Republic and the opening through which Hitler was able to come to power. His career was marked by many contradictions but also a pervading loyalty to the values of liberalism and nationalism. This enabled him in time both to adjust to defeat and revolution and to recognize in the Republic the only basis on which Germans could unite, and in European cooperation the only way to avoid a new war. His attempt to build a stable Germany as an equal power in a stable Europe throws an important light on German history in a critical time. Hitler was the beneficiary of his failure but, so long as he was alive, Stresemann offered Germans a clear alternative to the Nazis. Jonathan Wright's fascinating new study is the first modern biography of Stresemann to appear in English or German.

About this title

About the Author:

Jonathan Wright is a Tutorial Fellow and Lecturer at Christ Church, Oxford.

Review:

"Jonathan Wright ... has performed the valuable service of adding an authoritive keystone to the arch of German political life between 1918 and 1933. The book is clearly written and well organized.... it is highly recommended to fill out the education of German specialists on the Germany of the 1920s."--History

"lucidly and crisply written... indispensable for understanding interwar diplomacy"--The Atlantic Monthly

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0198219490
• ISBN 13: 9780198219491
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 610