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The Death Of Democracy - Hitler's Rise To Power (Paperback): Benjamin Carter Hett The Death Of Democracy - Hitler's Rise To Power (Paperback)
Benjamin Carter Hett 1
R333 R302 Discovery Miles 3 020 Save R31 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

A landmark account of the fall of the Weimar Republic and the rise of Hitler, based on award-winning research, and recently discovered archival material.

In the 1930s, Germany was at a turning point, with many looking to the Nazi phenomenon as part of widespread resentment towards cosmopolitan liberal democracy and capitalism. This was a global situation that pushed Germany to embrace authoritarianism, nationalism and economic self-sufficiency, kick-starting a revolution founded on new media technologies, and the formidable political and self-promotional skills of its leader.

Based on award-winning research and recently discovered archival material, The Death Of Democracy is a panoramic new survey of one of the most important periods in modern history, and a book with a resounding message for the world today.

The Non-Fiction of George Orwell - Down and Out in Paris and London, The Road to Wigan Pier, Homage to Catalonia (Hardcover):... The Non-Fiction of George Orwell - Down and Out in Paris and London, The Road to Wigan Pier, Homage to Catalonia (Hardcover)
George Orwell
R789 Discovery Miles 7 890 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Witness to History (Hardcover): Joachim Von Elbe Witness to History (Hardcover)
Joachim Von Elbe
R694 Discovery Miles 6 940 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Although millions of Russians lived as serfs until the middle of the nineteenth century, little is known about their lives. Identifying and documenting the conditions of Russian serfs has proven difficult because the Russian state discouraged literacy among the serfs and censored public expressions of dissent. To date scholars have identified only twenty known Russian serf narratives. Four Russian Serf Narratives contains four of these accounts and is the first translated collection of autobiographies by serfs. Scholar and translator John MacKay brings to light for an English-language audience a diverse sampling of Russian serf narratives, ranging from an autobiographical poem to stories of adventure and escape. Autobiography (1785) recounts a highly educated serf s attempt to escape to Europe, where he hoped to study architecture. The long testimonial poem News About Russia (ca. 1849) laments the conditions under which the author and his fellow serfs lived. In The Story of My Life and Wanderings (1881) a serf tradesman tells of his attempt to simultaneously escape serfdom and captivity from Chechen mountaineers. The fragmentary Notes of a Serf Woman (1911) testifies to the harshness of peasant life with extraordinary acuity and descriptive power. These accounts offer readers a glimpse, from the point of view of the serfs themselves, into the realities of one of the largest systems of unfree labor in history. The volume also allows comparison with slave narratives produced in the United States and elsewhere, adding an important dimension to knowledge of the institution of slavery and the experience of enslavement in modern times."

The Rise of Fascism - History, Documents, and Key Questions (Hardcover): Patrick G Zander The Rise of Fascism - History, Documents, and Key Questions (Hardcover)
Patrick G Zander
R2,323 Discovery Miles 23 230 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book is a valuable resource for understanding the character, development, and consequences of fascist dictatorships. Approximately 60 million lives were taken during World War II. This book serves to explore the ultimate cause of it-fascism-and to educate readers on the history and motivation behind this complex political movement. This historical exploration includes many helpful educational tools, including a timeline, an encyclopedia, and excerpts from primary source documents. Using primary document sources, the author provides a direct account of the origin and evolution of fascism. This text analyzes the rise of fascism in Austria, Germany, Italy, Portugal, and Spain from 1919 through 1945. Readers in high school and college will not only learn the facts surrounding World War II but also understand the cultural environment and events that led up to the devastation of the Holocaust. This text is crucial for educating students about the beginnings and extension of the fascist movement in Europe in the early 20th century. Analyzes the rise of fascism in different countries and settings Serves as an ideal reference for high school students and undergraduates Includes original argumentative essays that investigate some of the enduring issues surrounding fascism Examines excerpts from primary source documents Provides a timeline that serves as a quick reference tool for students

It Can't Happen Here - What Will Happen When America Has a Dictator? (Paperback): Sinclair Lewis It Can't Happen Here - What Will Happen When America Has a Dictator? (Paperback)
Sinclair Lewis
R342 R295 Discovery Miles 2 950 Save R47 (14%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Published during the heyday of fascism in Europe, It Can't Happen Here is a chilling cautionary tale by one of the greatest American writers of the twentieth century, which is still startlingly relevant almost a century later. Charting the rise to power of Berzelius 'Buzz' Windrip, who whips his supporters into a frenzy while promising drastic reform under a banner of patriotism and traditional values, It Can't Happen Here decries the tactics used by politicians to mobilise voters, and exposes the danger of authoritarianism arising from populist platforms, and the chaos such regimes can leave in their wake.

The Hitler Years ~ Triumph 1933 - 1939 (Paperback): Frank McDonough The Hitler Years ~ Triumph 1933 - 1939 (Paperback)
Frank McDonough
R402 R367 Discovery Miles 3 670 Save R35 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

The first volume of a new narrative history of the rise and fall of the Nazi regime, by an expert on the Third Reich. 'One of the books of the year' Dan Snow 'A masterclass in the history of Nazi Germany' Get History 'What makes this volume really stand out is its stylish design and more than 80 coloured photographs' Military History On 30 January 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed the German Chancellor of a coalition government by President Hindenburg. Within a few months he had installed a dictatorship, jailing and killing his leftwing opponents, terrorising the rest of the population and driving Jews out of public life. He embarked on a crash programme on militaristic Keynesianism, reviving the economy and achieving full employment through massive public works, vast armaments spending and the cancellations of foreign debts. After the grim years of the Great Depression, Germany seemed to have been reborn as a brutal and determined European power. Over the course of the years from 1933 to 1939, Hitler won over most of the population to his vision of a renewed Reich. In these years of domestic triumph, cunning manoeuvres, pitting neighbouring powers against each other and biding his time, we see Hitler preparing for the moment that would realise his ambition. But what drove Hitler's success was also to be the fatal flaw of his regime: a relentless belief in war as the motor of greatness, a dream of vast conquests in Eastern Europe and an astonishingly fanatical racism. In The Hitler Years, Frank McDonough charts the rise and fall of the Third Reich under Hitler's hand. The first volume, Triumph, ends after Germany's comprehensive military defeat of Poland in 1939.

Weimar and the Rise of Hitler (Hardcover, 4th ed. 2000): Anthony J. Nicholls Weimar and the Rise of Hitler (Hardcover, 4th ed. 2000)
Anthony J. Nicholls
R4,576 Discovery Miles 45 760 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This fourth edition of the classic text on the Weimar Republic begins with Germany's defeat in 1918 and the revolutionary disturbances which followed the collapse of Wilhelm II's Empire. It describes the strengths and weaknesses of the new regime, and the stresses created by the economic difficulties of the 1920s. Adolf Hitler's career is traced from its early beginnings in Munich, and the nature of his movement is assessed. This edition, updated throughout and considerably expanded, takes full account of the last decade of research, including recent debates on the nature of the German revolution of 1918-19, the relationship between political upheavals and economic crises, and the question of whether there really was an alternative to the Third Reich in January 1933. The chronological table and extensive bibliography add to the book's value as both an introduction to Weimar and a stimulus to further study.

The Poet and the Dictator - Lauro de Bosis Resists Fascism in Italy and America (Hardcover, New): Jean Mudge The Poet and the Dictator - Lauro de Bosis Resists Fascism in Italy and America (Hardcover, New)
Jean Mudge
R2,975 Discovery Miles 29 750 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This vivid biography is a study of the life and times of the Italian poet-activist, Lauro de Bosis. Remarkably productive as a poet, cultural diplomat, and political subversive, de Bosis founded and lead an underground resistance group, the National Alliance for Liberty. His actions culminated in a dramatic solo flight over Rome in October 1931, showering the city with protest leaflets against the Fascist dictatorship before plunging to his death. This feat brought world attention to the existence of anti-Fascism, much to Mussolini's chagrin and rage.

De Bosis's story, told against the backdrop of Rome's politics in the 1920s, is at once personal, national, and international. World figures --- from Mussolini, Croce, Ezra Pound, to Walter Lippmann, Thornton Wilder, and his lover, the actress Ruth Draper --- were all within de Bosis's compass. Gifted, quirky, original, and impulsive but principled to the point of giving up both personal love and family for his cause, his life shows how Mussolini's regime systematically cleared out the cream of Italy's young liberal intellectuals. Based on previously untapped archival resources, this is the first biography of a young, gifted Italian poet who dared to challenge the power of a totalitarian state with his practical idealism and fierce determination to protect Italy's fragile democracy from il Duce.

The George Bell-Alphons Koechlin Correspondence, 1933-54 (Hardcover): Andrew Chandler The George Bell-Alphons Koechlin Correspondence, 1933-54 (Hardcover)
Andrew Chandler
R3,036 Discovery Miles 30 360 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

George Bell was one of the most significant British church leaders of the mid-20th century and in many ways he came to define the involvement of British church people with the issues which arose from the Third Reich. The George Bell-Alphons Koechlin Correspondence, 1933-54 presents the extensive correspondence between Bell and a leading Swiss pastor and President of the Basel Church Council, Alphons Koechlin. The letters of Bell and Koechlin make an important contribution to our understanding of ways in which the unfolding history of the Hitler regime was interpreted in an international context from its earliest months in 1933 to its final destruction in 1945. In presenting the letters, this book captures a sustained meeting of European minds, thinking together in the midst of a crisis that was altering the conventional perimeters of politics and religion, and by degrees changing the life of the whole European continent - and drawing British politics into its vortex. This volume provides for the first time all the letters exchanged between Bell and Koechlin in their original English, with full scholarly apparatus and connected material. It contributes valuably to the historiography of the Third Reich and develops our understanding of Nazism not simply as an episode in German history, but as a fundamental crisis in international politics, religion and society.

Strongmen - Mussolini to the Present (Paperback): Ruth Ben-Ghiat Strongmen - Mussolini to the Present (Paperback)
Ruth Ben-Ghiat
R453 R423 Discovery Miles 4 230 Save R30 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Ruth Ben-Ghiat is the expert on the "strongman" playbook employed by authoritarian demagogues from Mussolini to Putin-enabling her to predict with uncanny accuracy the recent experience in America and Europe. In Strongmen, she lays bare the blueprint these leaders have followed over the past 100 years, and empowers us to recognize, resist, and prevent their disastrous rule in the future. For ours is the age of authoritarian rulers: self-proclaimed saviors of the nation who evade accountability while robbing their people of truth, treasure, and the protections of democracy. They promise law and order, then legitimize lawbreaking by financial, sexual, and other predators. They use masculinity as a symbol of strength and a political weapon. Taking what you want, and getting away with it, becomes proof of male authority. They use propaganda, corruption, and violence to stay in power. Vladimir Putin and Mobutu Sese Seko's kleptocracies, Augusto Pinochet's torture sites, Benito Mussolini and Muammar Gaddafi's systems of sexual exploitation, and Silvio Berlusconi and Donald Trump's relentless misinformation: all show how authoritarian rule, far from ensuring stability, is marked by destructive chaos. No other type of leader is so transparent about prioritizing self-interest over the public good. As one country after another has discovered, the strongman is at his worst when true guidance is most needed by his country. Recounting the acts of solidarity and dignity that have undone strongmen over the past 100 years, Ben-Ghiat makes vividly clear that only by seeing the strongman for what he is-and by valuing one another as he is unable to do-can we stop him, now and in the future.

Anti-Colonialism and the Crises of Interwar Fascism (Hardcover): Michael Ortiz Anti-Colonialism and the Crises of Interwar Fascism (Hardcover)
Michael Ortiz
R3,032 Discovery Miles 30 320 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

What is fascism? Is it an anomaly in the history of modern Europe? Or its culmination? In Anti-Colonialism and the Crises of Interwar Fascism, Michael Ortiz makes the case that fascism should be understood, in part, as an imperial phenomenon. He contends that the Age of Appeasement (1935-1939) was not a titanic clash between rival socio-political systems (fascism and democracy), but rather an imperial contest between satisfied and unsatisfied empires. Historians have long debated the extent to which Western imperialisms served as ideological and intellectual precursors to European fascisms. To date, this scholarship has largely employed an "inside-out" methodology that examines the imperial discourses that pushed fascist regimes outward, into Africa, Asia, and the Americas. While effective, such approaches tend to ignore the ways in which these places and their inhabitants understood European fascisms. Addressing this imbalance, Anti-Colonialism adopts an "outside-in" approach that analyses fascist expansion from the perspective of Indian anti-colonialists such as Jawaharlal Nehru, Subhas Bose, and Mohandas Gandhi. Seen from India, the crises of Interwar fascism-the Second Italo-Ethiopian War, Spanish Civil War, Second Sino-Japanese War, Munich Agreement, and the outbreak of the Second World War-were yet another eruption of imperial expansion analogous (although not identical) to the Scramble for Africa and the Treaty of Versailles. Whether fascist, democratic, or imperialist, Europe's great powers collectively negotiated the fate of smaller nations.

The Trouble With National Action (Paperback): Mark Hayes The Trouble With National Action (Paperback)
Mark Hayes
R186 Discovery Miles 1 860 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Dignity and Decency - Rhapsodic Musings of a Modern Anarchist (Hardcover): Sterlin Lujan Dignity and Decency - Rhapsodic Musings of a Modern Anarchist (Hardcover)
Sterlin Lujan
R867 Discovery Miles 8 670 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Great Reset and the Struggle for Liberty - Unraveling the Global Agenda (Hardcover): Michael Rectenwald The Great Reset and the Struggle for Liberty - Unraveling the Global Agenda (Hardcover)
Michael Rectenwald; Foreword by Lew Rockwell
R997 R859 Discovery Miles 8 590 Save R138 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Antifa - Stories From Inside the Black Bloc (Hardcover): Jack Posobiec The Antifa - Stories From Inside the Black Bloc (Hardcover)
Jack Posobiec
R847 Discovery Miles 8 470 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Adorno's 'Minima Moralia' in the 21st Century - Fascism, Work, and Ecology (Hardcover): Caren Irr Adorno's 'Minima Moralia' in the 21st Century - Fascism, Work, and Ecology (Hardcover)
Caren Irr
R3,195 Discovery Miles 31 950 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This interdisciplinary volume revisits Adorno's lesser-known work, Minima Moralia, and makes the case for its application to the most urgent concerns of the 21st century. Contributing authors situate Adorno at the heart of contemporary debates on the ecological crisis, the changing nature of work, the idea of utopia, and the rise of fascism. Exploring the role of critical pedagogy in shaping responses to fascistic regimes, alongside discussions of extractive economies and the need for leisure under increasingly precarious working conditions, this volume makes new connections between Minima Moralia and critical theory today. Another line of focus is the aphoristic style of Minima Moralia and its connection to Adorno's wider commitment to small and minor literary forms, which enable capitalist critique to be both subversive and poetic. This critique is further located in Adorno's discussion of a utopia that is reliant on complete rejection of the totalising system of capitalism. The distinctive feature of such a utopia for Adorno is dependent upon individual suffering and subsequent survival, an argument this book connects to the mutually constitutive relationship between ecological destruction and right-wing authoritarianism. These timely readings of Adorno's Minima Moralia teach us to adapt through our survival, and to pursue a utopia based on his central ideas. In the process, opening up theoretical spaces and collapsing the physical borders between us in the spirit of Adorno's lifelong project.

Memorial Book of Kremenets (Hardcover): Abraham Samuel Stein Memorial Book of Kremenets (Hardcover)
Abraham Samuel Stein; Cover design or artwork by Rachel Kolokoff-Hoper; Compiled by Jonathan Wind
R1,351 Discovery Miles 13 510 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Memorial Book of Shebreshin (Hardcover): Dov Shuval Memorial Book of Shebreshin (Hardcover)
Dov Shuval; Cover design or artwork by Jan Fine; Index compiled by Bena Shklyanoy
R1,323 Discovery Miles 13 230 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Social Justice Goes To Church - The New Left in Modern American Evangelicalism (Hardcover): Jon Harris Social Justice Goes To Church - The New Left in Modern American Evangelicalism (Hardcover)
Jon Harris
R758 Discovery Miles 7 580 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Near Normal Man - Survival with Courage, Kindness and Hope (Hardcover): Ben Stern, Charlene Stern Near Normal Man - Survival with Courage, Kindness and Hope (Hardcover)
Ben Stern, Charlene Stern
R748 Discovery Miles 7 480 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Battle for the East End: Jewish Responses to Fascism in the 1930s (Paperback, 1st): David Rosenberg Battle for the East End: Jewish Responses to Fascism in the 1930s (Paperback, 1st)
David Rosenberg
R402 Discovery Miles 4 020 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Red Orchestra - The Story of the Berlin Underground and the Circle of Friends Who Resisted Hitler - Revised Edition... Red Orchestra - The Story of the Berlin Underground and the Circle of Friends Who Resisted Hitler - Revised Edition (Hardcover)
Anne Nelson
R2,689 Discovery Miles 26 890 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

For years, the history of the anti-Nazi resistance in Germany was hidden and distorted by Cold War politics. Providing a much-needed corrective, Red Orchestra presents the dramatic story of a circle of German citizens who opposed Hitler from the start, choosing to stay in Germany to resist Nazism and help its victims. The book shines a light on this critical movement which was made up of academics, theatre people, and factory workers; Protestants, Catholics and Jews; around 150 Germans all told and from all walks of life. Drawing on archives, memoirs, and interviews with survivors, award-winning scholar and journalist Anne Nelson presents a compelling portrait of the men and women involved, and the terrifying day-to-day decisions in their lives, from the Nazi takeover in 1933 to their Gestapo arrest in 1942. Nelson traces the story of the Red Orchestra (Rote Kapelle) resistance movement within the context of German history, showing the stages of the Nazi movement and regime from the 1920s to the end of the Second World War. She also constructs the narrative around the life of Greta Kuckhoff and other female figures whose role in the anti-Nazi resistance fight is too-often unrecognised or under appreciated. This revised edition includes: * A new introduction which explores elements of the Red Orchestra’s experience that resonate with our times, including: the impact of new media technologies; the dangers of political polarization; and the way the judiciary can be shaped to further the ends of autocracy. The introduction will also address the long-standing misconception that the German Resistance only took action when it was clear that Germany was losing the war. * Historiographic updates throughout the book which take account of recent literature and additional archival sources

Reichsrock - The International Web of White-Power and Neo-Nazi Hate Music (Hardcover): Kirsten Dyck Reichsrock - The International Web of White-Power and Neo-Nazi Hate Music (Hardcover)
Kirsten Dyck
R3,251 Discovery Miles 32 510 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

From rap to folk to punk, music has often sought to shape its listeners’ political views, uniting them as a global community and inspiring them to take action. Yet the rallying potential of music can also be harnessed for sinister ends. As this groundbreaking new book reveals, white-power music has served as a key recruiting tool for neo-Nazi and racist hate groups worldwide.  Reichsrock shines a light on the international white-power music industry, the fandoms it has spawned, and the virulently racist beliefs it perpetuates. Kirsten Dyck not only investigates how white-power bands and their fans have used the internet to spread their message globally, but also considers how distinctly local white-power scenes have emerged in Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Latin America, the United States, and many other sites. While exploring how white-power bands draw from a common well of nationalist, racist, and neo-Nazi ideologies, the book thus also illuminates how white-power musicians adapt their music to different locations, many of which have their own terms for defining whiteness and racial otherness.  Closely tracking the online presence of white-power musicians and their fans, Dyck analyzes the virtual forums and media they use to articulate their hateful rhetoric. This book also demonstrates how this fandom has sparked spectacular violence in the real world, from bombings to mass shootings. Reichsrock thus sounds an urgent message about a global menace.  

After Dictatorship - Instruments of Transitional Justice in Post-Authoritarian Systems (Hardcover): Peter Hoeres, Hubertus Knabe After Dictatorship - Instruments of Transitional Justice in Post-Authoritarian Systems (Hardcover)
Peter Hoeres, Hubertus Knabe
R2,162 R1,750 Discovery Miles 17 500 Save R412 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Numerous studies concerning transitional justice exist. However, comparatively speaking, the effects actually achieved by measures for coming to terms with dictatorships have seldom been investigated. There is an even greater lack of transnational analyses. This volume contributes to closing this gap in research. To this end, it analyses processes of coming to terms with the past in seven countries with different experiences of violence and dictatorship. Experts have drawn up detailed studies on transitional justice in Albania, Argentina, Ethiopia, Chile, Rwanda, South Africa and Uruguay. Their analyses constitute the empirical material for a comparative study of the impact of measures introduced within the context of transitional justice. It becomes clear that there is no sure formula for dealing with dictatorships. Successes and deficits alike can be observed in relation to the individual instruments of transitional justice - from criminal prosecution to victim compensation. Nevertheless, the South American states perform much better than those on the African continent. This depends less on the instruments used than on political and social factors. Consequently, strategies of transitional justice should focus more closely on these contextual factors.

Franco's Famine - Malnutrition, Disease and Starvation in Post-Civil War Spain (Hardcover): Miguel Angel Del Arco Blanco,... Franco's Famine - Malnutrition, Disease and Starvation in Post-Civil War Spain (Hardcover)
Miguel Angel Del Arco Blanco, Peter Anderson
R3,384 Discovery Miles 33 840 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

At least 200,000 people died from hunger or malnutrition-related diseases in Spain during the 1940s. This book provides a political explanation for the famine and brings together a broad range of academics based in Spain, the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia to achieve this. Topics include the political causes of the famine, the physical and social consequences, the ways Spaniards tried to survive, the regime's reluctance to accept international relief, the politics of cooking at a time of famine, and the memory of the famine. The volume challenges the silence and misrepresentation that still surround the famine. It reveals the reality of how people perished in Spain because the Francoist authorities instituted a policy of food self-sufficiency (or autarky): a system of price regulation which placed restrictions on transport as well as food sales. The contributors trace the massive decline in food production which followed, the hoarding which took place on an enormous scale and the vast and deeply iniquitous black market that subsequently flourished at a time when salaries plunged to 50% below their levels in 1936: all contributing factors in the large-scale atrocity explored fully here for the first time.

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