A People's History of the German Revolution: 1918-19

by William A. Pelz

Book Overview

In October 1918, war-weary German sailors mutinied when the Imperial Naval Command ordered their engagement in one final, fruitless battle with the British Royal Navy. This revolt, in the dying embers of the First World War, quickly erupted into a full scale revolution that toppled the monarchy and inaugurated a period of radical popular democracy. The establishment of the Weimar Republic in 1919 ended the revolution, relegating all but its most prominent...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745337112
• ISBN13: 9780745337111
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"