WaltherRathenau-TheLimitsofSuccess
- 作者
- 出版社 YaleUniversityPress
- 出版时间 2012年2月
- ISBN 9780300144314
- 定价 384.60
内容简介
ThisdeeplyinformedbiographyofWaltherRathenau(1867–1922)tellsofamanwho—boththoroughlyGermanandunabashedlyJewish—rosetoleadershipintheGermanWar-MinistryDepartmentduringtheFirstWorldWar,andlatertotheexaltedpositionofforeignministerintheearlydaysoftheWeimarRepublic.Hisachievementwasunprecedented—noJewinGermanyhadeverattainedsuchhighpoliticalrank.ButRathenau’ssuccesswasmarkedbytragedy:withinmonthshewasassassinatedbyright-wingextremistsseekingtodestroythenewlyformedRepublic.DrawingonRathenau’spapersandonadepthofknowledgeofbothmodernGermanandGerman-Jewishhistory,ShulamitVolkovcreatesafinelydrawnportraitofthiscomplexmanwhostruggledwithhisJewishidentity?yettreasuredhis“otherness.”VolkovalsoplacesRathenauinthedualcontextofImperialandWeimarGermanyandofBerlin’sfinancialandintellectualelite.Aboveall,sheilluminatesthecomplexsocialandpsychologicalmilieuofGermanJewryintheperiodbeforeHitler’srisetopower.
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