{"product_id":"takeover","title":"Takeover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the internationally acclaimed author \u003ci\u003eof Hitler's Private Library\u003c\/i\u003e, a dramatic recounting of the six critical months before Adolf Hitler assumed power, when the Nazi leader teetered between triumph and ruin.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In the summer of 1932, the Weimar Republic was on the verge of collapse. One in three Germans was unemployed. Violence was rampant. Hitler's National Socialists surged at the polls. Paul von Hindenburg, an aging war hero and avowed monarchist, was a reluctant president bound by oath to uphold the constitution. The November elections offered Hitler the prospect of a Reichstag majority and a path to political power. But instead, the Nazis lost two million votes. As membership hemorrhaged and financial backers withdrew, the Nazi Party threatened to fracture. Hitler talked of suicide. \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e declared he was finished. Yet somehow, in a few brief weeks, he was chancellor of Germany.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In fascinating detail and with previously un-accessed archival materials, Timothy W. Ryback tells the remarkable story of Hitler's dismantling of democracy through the democratic process. He provides a fresh perspective and insights into Hitler's personal and professional lives in these months, in all their complexity and uncertainty-backroom deals, unlikely alliances, stunning betrayals, an ill-timed tax audit, and a fateful weekend that changed our world forever. Above all, Ryback makes clear why a wearied Hindenburg, who disdained the \"Bohemian corporal,\" ultimately decided to appoint Hitler chancellor in January 1933.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Within weeks, Germany was no longer a democracy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Takeover","offer_id":44868589486277,"sku":null,"price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/978-1-0354-1776-6.jpg?v=1751429501","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/takeover","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}