Christopher Dillon brings us an adept synthesis of recent scholarship on this vital period, exploring the history and legacy of Germany's first democracy from local and transnational as well as national angles. In so doing he demonstrates that Weimar's rich political culture was shaped as much by pro-republicans and champions of integration through diversity as by violent critics of parliamentary democracy on the far left and extreme right.

Matthew Stibbe, Professor of Modern European History, Sheffield Hallam University, UK

Persuasively argued and evocatively written, this is a state-of-the-art introduction to Weimar Germany. Christopher Dillon excels at relating the history of a vibrant as well as fragile democracy that was by no means doomed to fail.

Moritz Föllmer, Professor of History, University of Amsterdam, Holland