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The death of democracy

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Benjamin Carter Hett

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4,4(1996)Abgeben

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"Why did democracy fall apart so quickly and completely in Germany in the 1930s? Benjamin Carter Hett offers a riveting account of how the Nazi Party came to power and how the failures of the Weimmar Republic and the short-sightedness of German politicians allowed it to happen. Adolf Hitler would never have taken power without the misguided actions of Germany's leading conservative politicians, who believed that Hitler and his followers would willingly support them, not recognizing that their efforts to use the Nazis actually played into Hitler's hands. They had willingly given him the tools to turn Germany into a vicious dictatorship. The Death of Democracy offers a powerful lesson for today, when democracy once again finds itself embattled and the siren song of strongmen sounds ever louder"--Cover