The German Revolution, 1917-1923, Volume 5"Broué enables us to feel that we are actually living through these epoch-making events.... [D]o not miss this magnificent work."--Robert Brenner, UCLA A magisterial, definitive account of the upheavals in Germany in the wake of the Russian revolution. Broué meticulously reconstitutes six decisive years, 1917-23, of social struggles in Germany. The consequences of the defeat of the German revolution had profound consequences for the world. Pierre Broué (1926-2005) was for many years Professor of Contemporary History at the Institut d'études politiques in Grenoble and was a world renowned specialist on the communist and international workers' movements. |
Contents
The Battlefield | xxvii |
Social Democracy Before 1914 | 9 |
The Lefts in German Social Democracy | 25 |
FROM WAR TO REVOLUTION THE VICTORY AND DEFEAT OF ULTRALEFTISM | 39 |
The War and the Crisis of Social Democracy | 41 |
The Foundation of the Independent SocialDemocratic Party | 71 |
The Rise of the Revolutionary Movement | 87 |
Problems of the World Revolution | 109 |
The Moscow Compromise | 525 |
FROM THE CONQUEST OF THE MASSES TO A DEFEAT WITHOUT A FIGHT | 551 |
Unity Preserved With Difficulty | 553 |
A New Start | 583 |
The Rapallo Turn | 597 |
For the United Front Against Poverty and Reaction | 605 |
The Mass Communist Party | 625 |
The Workers Government | 645 |
The November Revolution | 127 |
The Period of Dual Power | 155 |
The Crisis in the Socialist Movement | 187 |
The Foundation of the Communist Party of Germany | 207 |
The Uprising of January 1919 | 225 |
THE ATTEMPT TO DEFINE THE ROLE OF A COMMUNIST PARTY | 257 |
The Noske Period | 259 |
Stabilisation in Germany and World Revolution | 283 |
The Communist Party After January 1919 | 297 |
The UltraLeft Opposition and the Split | 321 |
The Problem of Centrism | 331 |
The Kapp Putsch | 347 |
The Communist Party at the Crossroads | 379 |
Moscow and the German Revolutionaries | 391 |
The Great Hopes of 1920 | 419 |
Paul Levi A German Conception of Communism | 447 |
The First Steps of the Unified Communist Party | 457 |
The Split in the Italian Socialist Party | 473 |
The March Action | 489 |
The Aftermath of a Defeat | 503 |
The Development of the Tactic | 663 |
The Occupation of the Ruhr | 683 |
Crisis in the KPD | 697 |
An Unprecedented PreRevolutionary Situation | 707 |
The Overthrow of the Cuno Government | 731 |
Preparing the Insurrection | 753 |
Moscows View of the German Revolution | 777 |
The German October | 789 |
Aftermath of Another Defeat | 815 |
AN UNDERTAKING CONDEMNED BY HISTORY? | 835 |
History and Politics | 837 |
Grafting Bolshevism onto German Stock | 849 |
Paul Levi The Lost Opportunity? | 873 |
Karl RadekThe Confusion of Styles? | 887 |
Balance Sheet of a Defeat | 897 |
Chronology | 911 |
Bibliography | 933 |
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