The Death of Democracy

*A TIMES AND TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR*WHAT CAUSED THE FALL OF THE MOST PROGRESSIVE GOVERNMENT IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY EUROPE, AND THE RISE OF THE MOST TERRIFYING?In the 1930s, Germany was at a turning point, with many looking to the Nazi phenomenon as part of widespread resentment towards cosmopolitan liberal democracy and capitalism. This was a global situation that pushed Germany to embrace authoritarianism, nationalism and economic self-sufficiency, kick-starting a revolution founded on new media technologies, and the formidable political and self-promotional skills of its leader.Based on award-winning research and recently discovered archival material, The Death of Democracy is a panoramic new survey of one of the most important periods in modern history, and a book with a resounding message for the world today.'Extremely fine... with careful prose and scholarship, he brings these events close to us.' Timothy Snyder, The New York Times'Intelligent, well-informed... intriguing.' The Times'With the injection of fresh contemporary voices, The Death of Democracy is also a thoughtful reflection of how our time more resembles the Thirties than the Noughties.' Daily Telegraph

Product details

• Authors: Benjamin Carter Hett, Benjamin Carter Hett, Hett Benjamin Carter
• Publisher: Windmill Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 28.02.2019
• EAN: 9781786090300
• ISBN: 978-1-78609-030-0
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book; Non-fiction book > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Germany, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Fascism & Nazism, Political structures: democracy, Second World War, Political structures: totalitarianism and dictatorship, Far-right political ideologies and movements, 1933–1945 (National Socialist period), Political structures: totalitarianism & dictatorship, 1918–1933 (period of the Weimar Republic)