Die unbewältigte Niederlage

The defeat in World War I, the question of war guilt, and the problematic peace conditions of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919 had a lasting impact on Germany's political development. The "stab-in-the-back" myth became one of the most effective propaganda weapons against the Weimar Republic. Gerd Krumeich narrates, using primary sources and consistently from the perspective of contemporaries, how the trauma of defeat led to a culture of hatred. This controversial book, now appearing as a revised paperback edition with a new preface by the author, has long become an important contribution to the debate surrounding the Weimar Republic.