{"product_id":"november-1918-the-german-revolution-9780199546473","title":"November 1918: The German Revolution","description":"The German Revolution of November 1918 is nowadays largely forgotten outside Germany. It is generally regarded as a failure even by those who have heard of it, a missed opportunity which paved the way for the rise of the Nazis and the catastrophe to come. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRobert Gerwarth argues here that to view the German Revolution in this way is a serious misjudgement. Not only did it bring down the authoritarian monarchy of the Hohenzollern, it also brought into being the first ever German democracy in an amazingly bloodless way. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFocusing on the dramatic events between the last months of the First World War in 1918 and Hitler's Munich Putsch of 1923, Robert Gerwarth illuminates the fundamental and deep-seated ways in which the November Revolution changed Germany. In doing so, he reminds us that, while it is easy with the benefit of hindsight to write off the 1918 Revolution as a 'failure', this failure was not somehow pre-ordained. In 1918, the fate of the German Revolution remained very much an open book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRobert Gerwarth\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Modern History at UCD and Director of the Centre for War Studies. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Bismarck Myth\u003c\/em\u003e (Oxford UP, 2005) and a biography of Reinhard Heydrich (Yale UP, 2011). His third monograph, \u003cem\u003eThe Vanquished: Why the First World War Failed to End\u003c\/em\u003e was published by Penguin (UK) and FSG (US) in the autumn of 2016. He has authored several articles in leading international journals such as \u003cem\u003ePast \u0026amp; Present\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Journal of Modern History\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGeschichte \u0026amp; Gesellschaft\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eVingtieme Siecle\u003c\/em\u003e. His work has been translated into some thirty languages.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50510416445714,"sku":"9780199546473","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_10810341-eb10-4293-a844-baaede280df7.jpg?v=1730924635","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/november-1918-the-german-revolution-9780199546473","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}