The tangled affairs in Bavaria at the close of World War I constitute a
unique and important part of the early Weimar Republic. This study of
the 1918 revolution, based on archival sources such as cabinet protocols
and bureaucratic records, traces in detail the overthrow of the
Wittelsbach dynasty and the foundation of the Bavarian Republic under
Kurt Eisner. It also broadens and balances current understanding of the
first Communist attempts to penetrate the heartland of Europe.
Originally published in 1965.
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