The Bismarck Myth Weimar Germany and the Legacy of the Iron Chancellor [Hardcover]

1. Introduction
2. Prologue: The Bismarck Myth in Wilhelmine Germany 1890-1918
3. After the Collapse
4. Fragmented Society, Divided Memory: Perceptions of Bismarck in Early Weimar Germany
5. Fighting the 'Enemies of the Reich': Bismarck and the State Crisis of 1922-23
6. Bismarck as an Election Campaigner
7. In the Shadow of Stabilization
8. Towards the Abyss: Bismarck and the Dissolution of the Weimar Republic
9. Epilogue: Bismarck Between the 'Seizure of Power' and Reunification 1933-1990
10. Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

Review from previous edition

A volume packed with information....The importance of the Bismarck myth...in the political discourse and controversies of the Weimar Republic becomes very clear. --Archiv f?r Sozialgeschichte

Robert Gerwarth deals with an explosive chapter of historical politics. His impressively presented [book is]...an extremely worthwhile academic investigation. --Eberhard Kolb, Bulletin of the German Historical Institute

Robert Gerwarth's intelligent book convincingly uncovers Bismarck's importance as the hero of the right...after 1918. --Der Tagesspiegel

[E]nriches the scholarship on the Weimar Republic...and offers a key explanation for Hitler's success and the root causes of the German desire for a charismatic leader. --H-Net

Robert Gerwarth has performed a real service by showing, with a telling eye for colourful details, how Bismarck or rather the myth of Bismarck has been used by different factions in Germany's difficult history....[A] well researched and well written book. --Contemporary Review