Beating the Fascists? - The German Communists and Political Violence 1929-1933

Klappentext In this book Eve Rosenhaft examines the involvement of Communists in political violence during the years of Hitler's rise to power in Germany (1929 33). Zusammenfassung In this book Eve Rosenhaft examines the involvement of Communists in political violence during the years of Hitler's rise to power in Germany (1929–33). Specifically, she aims to account for their participation in `street-fighting' or 'gang-fighting' with National Socialist storm-troopers. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: Social crisis, radical politics and organized violence in Weimar Germany; 2. The Party, the neighbourhood and the uses of violence in the `Third Period'; 3. Defining the enemy: The wehrhafter Kampf against the SA in theory and propaganda; 4. Organizing the wehrhafter Kampf: The Communist defence formations; 5. Between 'individual terror' and 'mass terror': The campaign against the SA-taverns, 1931; 6. The shape of violence in the neighbourhoods; 7. Who were the streetfighters?; 8. Conclusion: Communist politics in the Weimar Republic.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Eve Rosenhaft
• Edition: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 06.11.2008
• EAN: 9780521089388
• ISBN: 978-0-521-08938-8
• Pages: 292
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Histoire par région/pays; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences politiques > Sciences politiques et formation politique