{"title":"Frank McDonough","description":"Professor Frank McDonough is an internationally renowned expert on the Third Reich. He studied history at Balliol College, Oxford and gained a PhD from Lancaster University. Now based in Liverpool, McDonough has written many critically acclaimed books, including The Gestapo, Sophie Scholl and most recently The Hitler Years, a two-volume history charting the rise and fall of the Nazi regime.","products":[{"product_id":"the-weimar-years-rise-and-fall-1918-1933-paperback","title":"The Weimar Years: Rise and Fall 1918-1933 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eREVISED EDITION\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Magisterial, terrifyingly relevant and yet also a celebration of Weimar's delicious decadence' - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSimon Sebag Montefiore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA\u003ci\u003e DAILY MAIL\u003c\/i\u003e BOOK OF THE WEEK\u003cbr\u003eA\u003ci\u003e SPECTATOR \u003c\/i\u003eBOOK OF THE YEAR\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eDAILY TELEGRAPH\u003c\/i\u003e BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eASPECTS OF HISTORY\u003c\/i\u003e BOOKS OF THE YEAR\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eDAILY MAIL\u003c\/i\u003e BEST CHRISTMAS BOOK OF 2023 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Astonishing. A masterful account of the Weimar Republic that is the best I have ever read' - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter Frankopan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Yet again McDonough shows why he is one of the best chronicles of 20th century Germany' - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDan Snow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow includes an illuminating new introduction placing the history of the Weimar republic in the context of modern threats to global democracy, and highlighting how the end of the Weimar years can be a warning to us all.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe prequel to Frank McDonough's bestselling\u003ci\u003e Hitler Years \u003c\/i\u003eseries, covering the dramatic era of German history that culminated in the rise to power of Adolf Hitler in 1933. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEstablished in the wake of German defeat in the First World War, the Weimar Republic held out the hope that democracy, stability and prosperity would take root in Germany. From the start, however, it was beset by political and economic upheaval and spasms of violence between left and right. Year by year, from 1918 to 1933, Frank McDonough describes the major events in both domestic and foreign policy and the personalities who shaped them, together with developments in Weimar's flourishing cultural sphere. McDonough places particular focus on the parliamentary history of Weimar, arguing that it was the failure of parliamentary democracy to bring stability that allowed the power of the elected Reichstag to diminish, leading to Hitler's accession to power. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Weimar Years\u003c\/i\u003e is the tragic story of a rise and fall, as well as a warning of how, under poor leadership, economic pressure and unrelenting political instability, a democracy can drift towards a form of authoritarian rule that eventually destroys it.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51368478965983,"sku":"9781803284798","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/9SLxRYu6NG9781803284798.webp?v=1789128499"},{"product_id":"the-hitler-years-holocaust-1933-1945-hardcover","title":"The Hitler Years: Holocaust 1933-1945 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'This accessible history will keep the subject alive for a new generation [..] It is about providing an accessible, sober and vivid resource that keeps the subject alive. In this aim, the book succeeds admirably.' - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A work of acute solemnity that finds a way to be all the more powerful because of its measured restraint.' - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A tour de force that should serve as a warning to us all'.' - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGiles Milton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Hitler Years: Holocaust \u003c\/i\u003eis the fourth volume in Frank McDonough's brilliantly reviewed and bestselling history of Germany from 1918 to 1945. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe penultimate title in the \u003ci\u003eHitler's Germany\u003c\/i\u003e series, this book marks the end of the Second World War and the Nazi regime. It provides detailed year-by-year analysis of a horrific period of Nazi doctrine, and places into context the events that followed the Nazi Party's rise to power in 1933 and beyond. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMcDonough skilfully guides readers through the development of early persecution in the 1920s, foreshadowing what was to come once the Nazi Party took power in 1933. He explores the impact of the 1933 Nuremberg Laws, the implementation of pre-war intimidation policies, and the influence of the secret Wannsee Conference on the execution of the 'Final Solution'. A meticulous chronicle of the experiences and testimonies of survivors, this book demonstrates how violence against the Jewish population migrated from the beerhall to state bureaucracy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis fully illustrated volume draws together and engages with the latest scholarly research, and makes extensive use of primary sources, presenting a vivid and shocking narrative. A tragic and deadly period in German and European history is brought to life by one of the country's premier scholars.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51368758083807,"sku":"9781035912483","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/kXvGQLBNrQ9781035912483.webp?v=1789132362"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/frank-mcdonough.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}