{"product_id":"fateful-hours-the-collapse-of-the-weimar-republic","title":"Fateful Hours: The Collapse of the Weimar Republic","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;'A master storyteller' \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;The Times\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;Democracies are fragile. Freedoms that seem secure can be lost. Few historical events illustrate this as vividly as the failure of the Weimar Republic.\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;em\u0026gt;Fateful Hours\u0026lt;\/em\u0026gt; tells one of the greatest dramas in world history: the failure of Germany's first democracy, culminating in the horrific rise of the Third Reich.\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;But this tragedy was not inevitable. In this gripping new book, celebrated historian Volker Ullrich charts the many failed alternatives and missed opportunities that contributed to German democracy's collapse. In an immersive style that takes us to the heart of political power, Ullrich argues that, right up until January 1933, history was open - just as in the present, it is up to us whether democracy lives or dies.\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Volker Ullrich\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pushkin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 22 October 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781805332817\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pushkin Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57692847702340,"sku":"9781805332817","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/8018\/7972\/files\/9781805332817.jpg?v=1794342213","url":"https:\/\/thehistoryshop.co.uk\/products\/fateful-hours-the-collapse-of-the-weimar-republic","provider":"The History Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}