La "Reichswehr" come agente politico nella Repubblica di Weimar

• Christoph Jahr ^[1]
  1. [1] Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
• Localización: Memoria e ricerca, ISSN 1127-0195, ISSN-e 1972-523X, Nº 28 (maggio-agosto), 2008 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Armi e politica. Esercito e società nell'Europa contemporanea), págs. 73-88
• Idioma: italiano
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  • Reichswehr as political agent in the Weimar Republic
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• Resumen

  • This essay tackles the role of the Armed Forces as a political actor during the transition from WWI to the stabilization of the Weimar Republic. As is well-known, the new Reichswehr supported the democratic republic in the most turbulent phase of the first years, against the movements of extreme left and right, and in exchange for a fundamental autonomy within the State. However, the passivity of the political leadership before its own army was a first step towards suicide. The officers’ body became a fertile ground for dreams of rearmament and revenge, for sympathies towards nationalism and, finally, Nazism