Table of Contents

List of Illustrations List of Charts Introduction 1. The Food Problem 2. Blockade 3. The Labor Question 4. The January Strikes 5. Military Collapse 6. Whose Dolchstoß? 7. Did an English General Start the Myth? 8. The Hindenburg Testimony 9. The Ebert Libel Trial 10. The Munich Dolchstoß Trial 11. A Dolchstoß Consensus? 12. The Dolchstoßlegende and the Fall of the Weimar Republic Bibliography Index

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A broad range of primary documents and visual sources exploring the Stab-in-the-Back myth, its role in the end of the Weimar Republic and its impact on the Nazi regime that followed.

About the Author

George S. Vascik is Associate Professor of History at Miami University, USA. Mark R. Sadler is an independent scholar and Honors graduate of Miami University, USA.

Reviews

The destructive power of myth is on display in this masterful book. Vascik and Sadler assemble all the useful documents surrounding the Stab-in-the-Back myth. Providing just enough guidance, they allow readers to fashion their own understanding of how self-serving lies can undermine a democracy and alter the history of a nation.
*Richard S. Levy, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA*

Expertly assembled and contextualised, this book is a superb contribution to the historiography on the myth of 'the stab in the back'.
*Michael Berkowitz, University College London, UK*

Vascik and Sadler have assembled an impressive array of sources, buttressed by additional material on an accompanying website.
*European History Quarterly*