{"product_id":"9781640140158","title":"Kurt Eisner: A Modern Life","description":"The first comprehensive biography in English of the leader of the Bavarian Revolution and Republic of 1918\/19, the first Jewish head of a European state and a man who embraced and embodied modernity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the end of the First World War, German Jewish journalist, theater critic, and political activist Kurt Eisner (1867-1919), just released from prison, led a nonviolent revolution in Munich that deposed the monarchy and established the Bavarian Republic. Local head of the Independent Socialists, Eisner had been jailed for treason after organizing a munitions workers' strike to force an armistice. For a hundred days, as Germany spiraled into civil war, Eisner fought as head of state to preserve calm while implementing a peaceful transition to democracy and reforging international relations. He rejected another central German government dominated by Prussia in favor of a confederation of autonomous equals, a \"United States of Germany.\" A Francophile, he sought ties with Paris in hope of containing Prussia. In February 1919, on the way to submit his government's resignation to the newly elected constitutionalassembly, Eisner was shot by a protofascist aristocrat, plunging Bavaria into political chaos from which Adolf Hitler would emerge. At the centenary of the Bavarian Revolution and Republic of 1918\/19, this is the first comprehensive biography of Eisner written for an English-language audience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Albert Earle Gurganus is Professor Emeritus of Modern Languages at The Citadel. He is the author of The Art of Revolution: Kurt Eisner's Agitprop (Camden House, 1986).","brand":"Boydell \u0026 Brewer, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46412582289649,"sku":"9781640140158","price":93.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781640140158_p0.jpg?v=1764955463","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781640140158","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}