The kings depart. The tragedy of Germany: Versailles and the German revolution, by Richard M. Watt

[This is an improved scan from 2022. Please delete the older PDF on libgen - it has skewed pages] Richard M Watt's book unfolds the story of 1918-19, the fateful year that saw the tragedy of Germany, soon to become the tragedy of Europe. In 1918 came the brief moment when the victorious Allies at the Versailles Conference had the opportunity - by means of a peace with justice - to set up democracy in central Europe. The Kings Depart tells of their failure; of the Allies' rapacity which drove a ruined Germany to seek vengeance; of Germany's terrible collapse into anarchy and Red revolution and her even more frightful salvation at the hands of the army and the Freikorps; of the appearance of the swastika banner and right-wing terrorists and adventurers awaiting their Fuhrer. Contents Map 1 Stand Not upon the Order of Your Going 2 A Prophet Is Not 3 The Russian Dilemma 4 "I don't give a damn for logic 5 Prelude to Revolution 6 The Kiel Mutiny 7 November Ninth 8 "Someone must become the bloodhound 9 "Volunteers to the front 10 W eirnar and Munich 11 The Second Bavarian Revolution 12 The East 13 Preparation for Versailles 14 "The hour has struck for the weighty settlement of our account 15 Frontiers, Reparations and Guilt 16 The Last Seven Days Afterword Author's Notes and Acknowledgments Bibliography What began in 1918 with the church bells of victory and the hopes of Versailles ended a year later with the appearance of Adolf Hitler and the beginnings of his fateful and fatal role A wonderfully dramatic piece of narrative history in the tradition of Barbara Tuchman's THE GUNS OF AUGUST