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Access to History: Democracy and Dictatorship in Germany 1919-63 Geoff Layton

Access to History: Democracy and Dictatorship in Germany 1919-63 By Geoff Layton

Access to History: Democracy and Dictatorship in Germany 1919-63 by Geoff Layton


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Ensure your students have access to the authoritative and in-depth content of this popular and trusted A Level History series.

Access to History: Democracy and Dictatorship in Germany 1919-63 Summary

Access to History: Democracy and Dictatorship in Germany 1919-63 by Geoff Layton

Ensure your students have access to the authoritative and in-depth content of this popular and trusted A Level History series. For over twenty years Access to History has been providing students with reliable, engaging and accessible content on a wide range of topics. Each title in the series provides comprehensive coverage of different history topics on current AS and A2 level history specifications, alongside exam-style practice questions and tips to help students achieve their best. The series: - Ensures students gain a good understanding of the AS and A2 level history topics through an engaging, in-depth and up-to-date narrative, presented in an accessible way. - Aids revision of the key A level history topics and themes through frequent summary diagrams - Gives support with assessment, both through the books providing exam-style questions and tips for AQA, Edexcel and OCR A level history specifications and through FREE model answers with supporting commentary at Access to History online (www.accesstohistory.co.uk) Democracy and Dictatorship in Germany 1919-63 Beginning in 1918 with the German Revolution, this title charts the course of German history over this period, and the changing nature of democracy and . It goes on to explore the emergence of the Weimar Republic with its inherent weaknesses and the subsequent rise of the Nazis. Nazi society, economy and political structures are examined thoroughly. The book then goes on to consider the course of German society to 1963, considering the consequences of the Second World War, the creation of two Germanys and the changes that took place throughout.

About Geoff Layton

Geoff Layton is an experienced A Level History author, specialising in the 20th Century history of Germany.

Table of Contents

Dedication Chapter 1 - The German Revolution 1918-19 1 The Collapse of Imperial Germany 2 The German Revolution 3 The National Constituent Assembly Study Guide Chapter 2 - Weimar's Political Crisis 1 The Weimar Constitution 2 The Treaty of Versailles 3 The Threat from the Extreme Left 4 The threat from the Extreme Right 5 Extreme Right Uprisings 6 Weimar Democracy: A Republic Without Republicans Study Guide Chapter 3 - The Great Inflation 1 The Economic Background 2 The Causes of the German Inflation 3 The Consequences of the Great Inflation 4 Stresemann's 100 Days Study Guide Chapter 4 - Wiemar: The Years of Stability 1924-9 1 The Economic Recovery 2 Political Stability 3 Gustav Stresemann's Achievements 4 Weimar Culture 5 Weimar 1924-9: An Overview Study Guide Chapter 5 - The Early Years of the Nazis 1919-29 1 Adolf Hitler and the Creation of the Nazi Party 2 The Beer Hall Putsch 1923 3 Nazi Ideas 4 Nazi Fortunes in the 1920s Study Guide Chapter 6 - The Decline of the Weimar and the Rise of Nazism 1929-32 1 The Impact of the World Economic Crisis on Germany 2 Parliamentary Government's Breakdown 3 Bruning: Presidential Government 4 From Bruning to Papen 5 The Death of the Weimar Republic Study Guide Chapter 7 - The Nazi Road to Dictatorship 1932-4 1 The Creation of a Nazi Mass Movement 2 Nazi Political Methods 3 Political Intrigue,July 1932 to January 1933 4 The Nazi 'Legal Revolution', January-March 1933 5 Co-ordination: Gleichschaltung 6 From Chancellor to Fuhrer 7 Conclusions: Why was Weimar Germany Replaced by a Nazi Dictatorship? Study Guide Chapter 8 - The Nazi Economy 1 The Economic Background 2 Economic Recovery 1933-6 3 Implementation of the Four-Year Plan 1936 4 The Nazi Economy at War 1939-45 Study Guide Chapter 9 - Nazi Society 1 The Nazi Volksgemeinschaft 2 Social Groups 3 Education and Youth 4 Religion 5 Women and the Family 6 Culture 7 Outsiders 8 Conclusion Study Guide Chapter 10 - The Racial State 1 The Origins of Anti-Semitism 2 Gradualism 1933-9 3 War and Genocide 1939-45 Study Guide Chapter 11 - The Nazi Regime 1 The Role of Hitler 2 The Police State 3 The Nazi Propoganda Machine 4 Resistance Study Guide Chapter 12 - From Occupation to Division: The Creation of Two Germanies 1 Defeat and Surrender 2 Allied Plans for Post-war Germany 3 The Allies and the Nazi Legacy 4 Democratisation and Decentralisation 5 Allied Occupation: The Soviet Zone 6 Allied Occupation: The Western Zones 7 The Division of Germany 8 Conclusions: The Creation of Two Germanies Study Guide Chapter 13 - West Germany 1949-63 1 The Bonn Republic 2 Party Politics 3 The 'Economic Miracle' 4 West German Society 5 Foreign Relations 6 The Adenauer Era Study Guide Chapter 14 - East Germany 1949-63 1 The Creation of the SED Dictatorship 2 The Political Survival of Ulbricht's DDR 3 The DDR Economy 4 East German Society 5 The Berlin Wall Study Guide Glossary Index

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GOR002044460
9780340965825
0340965827
Access to History: Democracy and Dictatorship in Germany 1919-63 by Geoff Layton
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Hodder Education
2009-01-30
400
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