Heinrich Bruning and the Dissolution of the Weimar Republic Book

	Acknowledgments
	List of Abbreviations
	Introduction: Bruning and the Prussian Tradition	1
1	Bruning's Political Apprenticeship	14
1.1	The Education of a Prussian Patriot	15
1.2	The Trade Union Secretary	24
1.3	The Parliamentarian	38
1.4	Physician and Heir to the Great Coalition	48
2	The Establishment of Semi-Parliamentary Government	72
2.1	In Search of a Parliamentary Solution	73
2.2	Bruning's Test of Strength with the SPD	89
2.3	The SPD as Bruning's Silent Partner	103
3	Foreign Policy and the "National Opposition"	118
3.1	The Meaning of "Prussia" for Bruning's Inner Circle	118
3.2	Bruning's Response to the Rise of National Socialism	130
3.3	Germany Takes the Diplomatic Initiative	150
4	Economics and Politics in the Shadow of the Bank Crisis	172
4.1	The Reorganization of the Banking System	173
4.2	The Formation of Bruning's Second Cabinet	184
4.3	The Decision to Persevere with Deflation	201
4.4	The Primacy of Foreign Policy	213
5	Bruning's Fall	220
5.1	Schleicher's Strategy for "Taming" the NSDAP	220
5.2	The Reelection of the President	231
5.3	The SA Ban	247
5.4	Bruning's Race Against Time	256
6	The Destruction of the Rule of Law	272
6.1	The Failure of Presidential Government	272
6.2	The Triumph of Totalitarianism	291
6.3	Bruning in Exile	305
	Conclusion	322
	Bibliography	331
	Index	353