Summary of Benjamin Carter Hett's The Death of Democracy

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The Weimar Republic was extremely fragile, and could have easily fallen apart after World War I. However, the German people were extremely patriotic, and the government used this to their advantage to sell the public on the idea of continuing the war. #2 The German government promised its people that victory would bring a new kind of imperial grandeur.
Germany would become the dominant power in Europe, annexing territory from Belgium and France, and more from the western lands of the Russian Empire. #3 The German Army was pushed to its limits by the war, and in September 1918, the generals told the Kaiser that they wanted to negotiate an armistice with the western powers. However, democratic leaders from the Reichstag negotiated the armistice instead. #4 In the autumn of 1918, Germany was shaken by revolution.
The country's new leader, Friedrich Ebert, wanted Germany to become a parliamentary democracy along Western lines. However, some wanted Germany to become a social revolution like Russia had experienced.