The Death of Democracy: Hitler's Rise to Power and the Downfall of the Weimar Republic

by Benjamin Carter Hett

Book Overview

A riveting account of how the Nazi Party came to power and how the failures of the Weimar Republic and the shortsightedness of German politicians allowed it to happen.

Why did democracy fall apart so quickly and completely in Germany in the 1930s? How did a democratic government allow Adolf Hitler to seize power? In The Death of Democracy, Benjamin Carter Hett answers these questions, and the story he tells has disturbing resonances...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250162505
• ISBN13: 9781250162502
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.3"