Conan Fischer
Biographic Data
| ID | 3775895 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Conan Fischer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Conan |
| FAMILY NAME | Fischer |
| SIGNATURE | FISCHER C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Strathclyde |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 35 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 35 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The rise of the Nazis
As an opposition movement National Socialism displayed an alarming predisposition to violence and intolerance and purveyed a political message laced with anti-Semitic racialism. After setting the theme in a wider context and surveying the relationship between National Socialism and the established parties and institutions of Weimar, this book focuses on the Nazis themselves. The ideological origins of Nazism, its programme and use of propaganda t…
The formation of the Nazi constituency
It has never been seriously doubted that middle-class Germans made up a very significant proportion of the Nazi constituency and that their support resulted from a fundamental antipathy to parliamentary republicanism, or from their experiences during the republican era. Different elements of the middle classes had come to Nazism for a variety of conflicting reasons, and even in fear of each other, but anticipated that Hitler would succeed in impo…
Germany, Versailles, and the Limits of Nationhood
As a defeated Great Power, Germany faced exceptional challenges after the First World War. These ranged from domestic revolution to grudging compliance with a peace treaty whose terms Germans almost universally regarded as unjust and unworkable. Franco-German relations quickly assumed particular significance in this regard as each country sought to secure its vital interests at the other’s expense; a confrontation that culminated in the Ruhr Cris…
Gustav Stresemann
Karl Heinrich Pohl acknowledges that Stresemann’s life and times have been heavily covered in the literature, with recent important biographies appearing in Germany, Britain and the United States. While not entirely uncritical of Stresemann, these works have delivered an essentially positive picture of the Weimar statesman. He emerges as the father of a ‘modern’ German diplomacy which continues to anchor the country as a major trading nation with…
Gearóid Barry, The Disarmament of Hatred
NS-Diplomatie und Bündnispolitik 1935–1944
Journal Article NS-Diplomatie und Bündnispolitik 1935–1944: Wipert von Blücher, das Dritte Reich und Finnland, by Michael Jonas Get access NS-Diplomatie und Bündnispolitik 1935–1944: Wipert von Blücher, das Dritte Reich und Finnland, by Michael Jonas (Paderborn: Ferdinand Schöningh, 2011; pp. 687. £74). Conan Fischer Conan Fischer University of St Andrews Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Histori…
Remaking Europe after the First World War
Victorious Allied governments legitimized wartime sacrifice with promises of domestic prosperity and a peaceful international order. An American-sponsored League of Nations would mediate relations between liberal-democratic nation states. However, although parliamentary government was consolidated across north-western Europe, the peace fell short, failing to accommodate Bolshevik Russia or reach a legitimate settlement with a new and fragile Germ…
The Failed European Union
French scholars have led a revival of interest in inter-war efforts at European integration and the prominent role played by the French Foreign Minister, Aristide Briand. Franco-German rapprochement was integral to this effort, but with the death in October 1929 of his like-minded German counterpart, Gustav Stresemann, it is generally held that Berlin adopted a more confrontational foreign policy even before Hitler took power. However, this artic…
The 1923 Ruhr Crisis
The 1923 Ruhr Crisis The Limits of Active Resistance
Scoundrels without a Fatherland? Heavy Industry and Transnationalism in Post-First World War Germany
Germany's heavy industrial sector played a definitive role from 1870 onwards in the formation and subsequent shaping of the young German national polity. As such it has been identified with the aggressive, imperialistic tendencies that characterised so much of German history between 1870 and 1945. That said, industrial and national interests could diverge markedly, with heavy industry sometimes exhibiting a marked preference for transnational str…
The Human Price of Reparations
Post-1918 Germany was gripped by severe food shortages that devastated the health of urban children in particular. German politicans and officials became increasingly convinced that a state of near famine and the accompanying scourges of social and political disorder could not be adequately addressed given the demands placed on public finances and the wider economy by the reparations regime. While the British reacted by counselling a moderation o…
The Versailles Settlement
The settlement at the end of the First World War has received a more sympathetic approach from historians in the last thirty years, particularly since the opening of the British and French archives
The Ruhr Crisis 1923-1924
This is a comprehensive account of a definitive and mutually self-defeating confrontation, which marked one of the great untold tragedies of European history yet, paradoxically, sowed the seeds of Franco-German reconciliation after 1949.
Wilhelminism and Its Legacies
The Rise of the Nazis
The fall of Weimar the ideological basis of Nazism national socialist policy and propaganda the organization of the Nazi movement the formation of the Nazi constituency - the middle classes, the working classes
Resistance, compliance, adulation
Michael Geyer and John W. Boyer (eds.), Resistance against the Third Reich, 1933–1990. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1994. viii+357pp. Notes. Ind. £12.75 (pbk.). Martin Kitchen, Nazi Germany at War. London: Longman, 1994. 329pp. Bibl. Ind. £13.99 (pbk). Tim Mason, Nazism, Fascism and the Working Class, ed. Jane Caplan. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. x+361 pp. Notes. Bibl. Ind. £13.95 (pbk)
Shorter Notices
Journal Article Shorter Notices Get access CONAN FISCHER CONAN FISCHER University of Strathclyde Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CIX, Issue 431, April 1994, Pages 528–529, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/CIX.431.528 Published: 01 April 1994
Forever in the shadow of Hitler? Original documents of the Historikerstreit, the controversy concerning the singularity of the Holocaust
Journal Article Forever in the shadow of Hitler? Original documents of the Historikerstreit, the controversy concerning the singularity of the Holocaust Get access Forever in the shadow of Hitler? Original documents of the Historikerstreit, the controversy concerning the singularity of the Holocaust. Translated by James Knowlton and Truett Cates. Atlantic Highlands, NJ: Humanities Press. 1993. 282pp. Index. £35.00; ISBN 0 391 03811 7. Pb.: £12.95…
Shorter Notices
Journal Article SHORTER NOTICES Get access CONAN FISCHER CONAN FISCHER University of Strathclyde Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CVIII, Issue 427, April 1993, Pages 536-a–536, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/CVIII.427.536-a Published: 01 April 1993
The German Communists and the Rise of Nazism
The German Communists and the Rise of Nazism
In this radically revisionist work Conan Fischer investigates how the public brawling between Communists and Nazis during the Weimar Era masked a more subtle and complex relationship. It examines the
Federal Republic of Germany and EC membership evaluated
Journal Article Federal Republic of Germany and EC membership evaluated Get access Federal Republic of Germany and EC membership evaluated. Edited by C. C. Schweitzerand D. Karsten. London: Pinter. 1990. 279pp. Index. , £35.00. ISBN 0 86187 8655. Conan Fischer Conan Fischer 1University of Strathclyde Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 67, Issue 3, July 1991, Page 603, https://doi…
German foreign policy from Bismarck to Adenauer
Journal Article German foreign policy from Bismarck to Adenauer: the limits of statecraft Get access German foreign policy from Bismarck to Adenauer: the limits of statecraft. By Klaus Hildebrand. Trans. by Louise Willmot. London: Unwin Hyman. 1989. 261pp. Index. £30.00. ISBN 0 04 445070 2. Conan Fischer Conan Fischer 1University of Strathclyde Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume …
The rise of national socialism and the working classes in Weimar Germany
Chapter 1. How likely were Workers to Vote for the NSDAP? J. W. Falter Chapter 2. A or a without Workers? D. Muhlberger Chapter 3. The Young Membership of the NSDAP between 1925 and 1933 J. W. Falter Chapter 4. The Pattern of the SA's Social Appeal C. Fischer and D. Muhlberger Chapter 5. National Socialist Factory Cell Organisation and the German Labour Front G. Mai Chapter 6. Blue-collar Nazism W. Brustein Chapter 7. National Socialism and the W…
Forever in the shadow of Hitler? Original documents of the Historikerstreit, the controversy concerning the singularity of the Holocaust
Journal Article Forever in the shadow of Hitler? Original documents of the Historikerstreit, the controversy concerning the singularity of the Holocaust Get access Forever in the shadow of Hitler? Original documents of the Historikerstreit, the controversy concerning the singularity of the Holocaust. Translated by James Knowlton and Truett Cates. Atlantic Highlands, NJ: Humanities Press. 1993. 282pp. Index. £35.00; ISBN 0 391 03811 7. Pb.: £12.95…
The Failed European Union
French scholars have led a revival of interest in inter-war efforts at European integration and the prominent role played by the French Foreign Minister, Aristide Briand. Franco-German rapprochement was integral to this effort, but with the death in October 1929 of his like-minded German counterpart, Gustav Stresemann, it is generally held that Berlin adopted a more confrontational foreign policy even before Hitler took power. However, this artic…
Class Enemies or Class Brothers
The SA of the NSDAP
Histories of Nazism have concentrated frequently on the Nazi party itself, which stood at the centre of the movement's conquest and subsequent exercise of state power. The party was distinguished from many of its right-wing contemporaries in Germany by an aggressive dynamism which is especially characteristic of fascism in general, and this dynamism was manifested most prominently through paramilitary activism. Indeed, it is widely recognized tha…
Germany, Versailles, and the Limits of Nationhood
As a defeated Great Power, Germany faced exceptional challenges after the First World War. These ranged from domestic revolution to grudging compliance with a peace treaty whose terms Germans almost universally regarded as unjust and unworkable. Franco-German relations quickly assumed particular significance in this regard as each country sought to secure its vital interests at the other’s expense; a confrontation that culminated in the Ruhr Cris…
Federal Republic of Germany and EC membership evaluated
Journal Article Federal Republic of Germany and EC membership evaluated Get access Federal Republic of Germany and EC membership evaluated. Edited by C. C. Schweitzerand D. Karsten. London: Pinter. 1990. 279pp. Index. , £35.00. ISBN 0 86187 8655. Conan Fischer Conan Fischer 1University of Strathclyde Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 67, Issue 3, July 1991, Page 603, https://doi…
The KPD and Nazism
Statistics and the historian; the occupational profile of the SA of the NSDAP
In the past few years historiography has become increasingly aware of, and has even analysed, popular sentiment and aspirations. The study of German National Socialism illustrates this trend. Hitler's key position as charismatic leader of the Nazi movement has led, understandably, to a proliferation of biographical studies of the Nazi leader. However, from the outset it has been recognized that consideration of Nazi institutions and of their mass…
The SA of the NSDAP
Histories of Nazism have concentrated frequently on the Nazi party itself, which stood at the centre of the movement's conquest and subsequent exercise of state power. The party was distinguished from many of its right-wing contemporaries in Germany by an aggressive dynamism which is especially characteristic of fascism in general, and this dynamism was manifested most prominently through paramilitary activism. Indeed, it is widely recognized tha…
Who Voted for Hitler
Journal Article Who Voted for Hitler? Get access Who Voted for Hitler?By Richard F. Hamilton. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. 1982. 664 pp. Index. £35.50. Pb.: £11.70. Conan Fischer Conan Fischer 1Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 59, Issue 2, Spring 1983, Pages 285–286, https://doi.org/10.2307/2619982 Published: 01 April 1983
Stormtroopers
The KPD and Nazism
Class Enemies or Class Brothers
The Soviet problem in American-German relations
Journal Article The Soviet problem in American-German relations Get access The Soviet problem in American-German relations. Edited by Uwe Nerlich and James A. Thomson. New York: Crane Russak for Rand, Santa Monica, CA. 1985. 425pp. Index. $37.50. ISBN 0 8448 1488 1. Conan Fischer Conan Fischer 1Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 63, Issue 1, Janu…
Turning The Tide? The KPD and Right Radicalism in German Industrial Relations, 1925-8
Germany's defeat in the first world war discredited the monarchy and created conditions in which a parliamentary republic was established and some major advances achieved in the realm of economic and social policy. However, it is well understood that the republic's failure to remove the imperial elites in the administrative, military, judicial and, not least, economic sector left this new Weimar Republic resting on fragile foundations. These elit…
Studien über die Deutschen
Journal Article Studien über die Deutschen: Machtkampfe und Habitusentwicklung im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert Get access Studien über die Deutschen: Machtkampfe und Habitusentwicklung im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert. By Norbert Elias. Frankfurt: Suhrkamp. 1989. 555pp. DM58.00. ISBN 3 518 57993 3. Conan Fischer Conan Fischer 1University of Strathclyde Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 66,…
Germany, America, Europe
The German Communists and the Rise of Nazism
In this radically revisionist work Conan Fischer investigates how the public brawling between Communists and Nazis during the Weimar Era masked a more subtle and complex relationship. It examines the
Federal Republic of Germany and EC membership evaluated
Journal Article Federal Republic of Germany and EC membership evaluated Get access Federal Republic of Germany and EC membership evaluated. Edited by C. C. Schweitzerand D. Karsten. London: Pinter. 1990. 279pp. Index. , £35.00. ISBN 0 86187 8655. Conan Fischer Conan Fischer 1University of Strathclyde Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 67, Issue 3, July 1991, Page 603, https://doi…
German foreign policy from Bismarck to Adenauer
Journal Article German foreign policy from Bismarck to Adenauer: the limits of statecraft Get access German foreign policy from Bismarck to Adenauer: the limits of statecraft. By Klaus Hildebrand. Trans. by Louise Willmot. London: Unwin Hyman. 1989. 261pp. Index. £30.00. ISBN 0 04 445070 2. Conan Fischer Conan Fischer 1University of Strathclyde Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume …
The German Communists and the Rise of Nazism
Shorter Notices
Journal Article SHORTER NOTICES Get access CONAN FISCHER CONAN FISCHER University of Strathclyde Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CVIII, Issue 427, April 1993, Pages 536-a–536, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/CVIII.427.536-a Published: 01 April 1993
Shorter Notices
Journal Article Shorter Notices Get access CONAN FISCHER CONAN FISCHER University of Strathclyde Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CIX, Issue 431, April 1994, Pages 528–529, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/CIX.431.528 Published: 01 April 1994
Forever in the shadow of Hitler? Original documents of the Historikerstreit, the controversy concerning the singularity of the Holocaust
Journal Article Forever in the shadow of Hitler? Original documents of the Historikerstreit, the controversy concerning the singularity of the Holocaust Get access Forever in the shadow of Hitler? Original documents of the Historikerstreit, the controversy concerning the singularity of the Holocaust. Translated by James Knowlton and Truett Cates. Atlantic Highlands, NJ: Humanities Press. 1993. 282pp. Index. £35.00; ISBN 0 391 03811 7. Pb.: £12.95…
The Rise of the Nazis
The fall of Weimar the ideological basis of Nazism national socialist policy and propaganda the organization of the Nazi movement the formation of the Nazi constituency - the middle classes, the working classes
Resistance, compliance, adulation
Michael Geyer and John W. Boyer (eds.), Resistance against the Third Reich, 1933–1990. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1994. viii+357pp. Notes. Ind. £12.75 (pbk.). Martin Kitchen, Nazi Germany at War. London: Longman, 1994. 329pp. Bibl. Ind. £13.99 (pbk). Tim Mason, Nazism, Fascism and the Working Class, ed. Jane Caplan. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995. x+361 pp. Notes. Bibl. Ind. £13.95 (pbk)
The Ruhr Crisis 1923-1924
This is a comprehensive account of a definitive and mutually self-defeating confrontation, which marked one of the great untold tragedies of European history yet, paradoxically, sowed the seeds of Franco-German reconciliation after 1949.
Wilhelminism and Its Legacies
Scoundrels without a Fatherland? Heavy Industry and Transnationalism in Post-First World War Germany
Germany's heavy industrial sector played a definitive role from 1870 onwards in the formation and subsequent shaping of the young German national polity. As such it has been identified with the aggressive, imperialistic tendencies that characterised so much of German history between 1870 and 1945. That said, industrial and national interests could diverge markedly, with heavy industry sometimes exhibiting a marked preference for transnational str…
The Human Price of Reparations
Post-1918 Germany was gripped by severe food shortages that devastated the health of urban children in particular. German politicans and officials became increasingly convinced that a state of near famine and the accompanying scourges of social and political disorder could not be adequately addressed given the demands placed on public finances and the wider economy by the reparations regime. While the British reacted by counselling a moderation o…
The Versailles Settlement
The settlement at the end of the First World War has received a more sympathetic approach from historians in the last thirty years, particularly since the opening of the British and French archives
The 1923 Ruhr Crisis
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