Young Germany - History of the German Youth Movement

Informationen zum Autor Walter Laqueur Zusammenfassung Young Germany explores the revolt of the younger generation in Germany from 1896 to 1933. It is a readable history of the Free Youth Movement! one of the most significant factors in shaping modern Germany. Laqueur! who grew up in Germany! retraces the history of the movement! its central ideas! and its cultural background.Today his study is of even greater interest and importance than when it was first published in 1962. In his new introduction to this edition! Laqueur shows that the German Youth Movement can be seen as a precursor of contemporary youth revolt. It inspired all of the ideas which continue to preoccupy proponents and students of generational conflict today. Inhaltsverzeichnis PREFACE, INTRODUCTION BY R. H. S. CROSSMAN, PART ONE, 1. ROMANTIC PRELUDE, 2. THE BEGINNING, 3. THE NEW STYLE, 4. AT THE HOHE MEISSNER, PART TWO, 5. METAPOLITICS, 6. BLUHER AND WYNEKEN, 7. THE WAR OF THE SEXES, 8. OTHER YOUTH MOVEMENTS, 9. THE JEWISH QUESTION, PART THREE, 10. THE FIRST WORLD WAR, 11. 1919-LEFT V. RIGHT, 12. YEARS OF DISILLUSION, 13. THE END OF THE BEGINNING, PART FOUR, 14. THE 'WHITE KNIGHT', 15. ERNST BUSKE AND THE FREISCHAR, 16. PANORAMA OF THE BUNDE, 17. TUSK OR THE TRIUMPH OF ECCENTRICITY, 18. NATIONAL BOLSHEVISM, PART FIVE, 19. IN HITLER'S SHADOW, 20. THE ROAD TO RUIN, 21. THE POST-WAR PERIOD, CONCLUSION, APPENDIX: THE FOREIGN POLICY OF THE BUNDE, BIBLIOGRAPHY, INDEX

Product details

• Authors: R.H.S. Crossman, Walter Laqueur
• Publisher: Transaction Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.1984
• EAN: 9780887380020
• ISBN: 978-0-88738-002-0
• No. of pages: 253
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; European History, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, Fascism & Nazism, Second World War, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Far-right political ideologies and movements, Modern warfare, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General