{"product_id":"vanguard-of-nazism-the-free-corps-movement-in-postwar-germany-1918-1923","title":"VANGUARD OF NAZISM: THE FREE CORPS MOVEMENT IN POSTWAR GERMANY 1918-1923","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Robert G L Waite\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e W W Norton\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYear published:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1969\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePagination:\u003c\/strong\u003e 344pp\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Reading copy only. Card covers rubbed at edges, pages browning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Free Corps Movement had its origins in the pre-war youth movement and on the battlefields of the war. The returning soldiers believing themselves betrayed by a weak government and psychologically incapable of disbanding formed into volunteer bands throughout Germany. Immensely powerful by 1919, they were hired by the Weimar Republic to fight against the communists which they did with relish. When the Republic tried to disband them they went underground until they emerged in Hitler's Germany. The warped ideology of these first Soldiers of the Third Reich are revealed in this book from contemporary newspaper accounts,government documents and private memoirs.","brand":"Military History Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67670471246123,"sku":"17464","price":8.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/militaryhistorybooks.com\/products\/vanguard-of-nazism-the-free-corps-movement-in-postwar-germany-1918-1923","provider":"Military History Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}