Peter Godwin and Ian Hancock
- Published in print:
- 1993
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198203650
- eISBN:
- 9780191675935
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198203650.003.0009
- Subject:
- History, World Modern History
Exhausted by the war and ready for peace at any price, Rhodesian society in 1979 exhibited unmistakable signs of military failure, moral decline, and political disintegration. Moods and attitudes ...
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Exhausted by the war and ready for peace at any price, Rhodesian society in 1979 exhibited unmistakable signs of military failure, moral decline, and political disintegration. Moods and attitudes veered sharply during 1979–80 as the Rhodesians reacted to events beyond their control. They managed to offer a grudging or cautious acceptance of change while maintaining an undiminished commitment to the symbols and substance of the past.Less
Exhausted by the war and ready for peace at any price, Rhodesian society in 1979 exhibited unmistakable signs of military failure, moral decline, and political disintegration. Moods and attitudes veered sharply during 1979–80 as the Rhodesians reacted to events beyond their control. They managed to offer a grudging or cautious acceptance of change while maintaining an undiminished commitment to the symbols and substance of the past.
Anna von der Goltz
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- February 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199570324
- eISBN:
- 9780191722240
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199570324.003.0011
- Subject:
- History, European Modern History
This concluding chapter highlights common threads between chapters. It argues that Hindenburg's appeal was not limited by class, regional, or religious constraints. Hindenburg-worship differed ...
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This concluding chapter highlights common threads between chapters. It argues that Hindenburg's appeal was not limited by class, regional, or religious constraints. Hindenburg-worship differed qualitatively, and various versions of his myth evolved — but these often existed simultaneously. This polyvalence made the Hindenburg myth a more potent phenomenon than one trapped in the tight corset of the right-wing political sphere could ever have been. That his myth survived military failure and political disappointments is seen as cause to question the notion that it was simply moulded in the image of the expectations of German society. It is argued that Germans harboured strong wishes for a permanent national father figure and cherished the sense of order and continuity Hindenburg's mythical presence offered more than the various political — and military — goals associated with his name. Max Weber's model of ‘charismatic authority’ can therefore not be applied to Hindenburg's case in a clear-cut manner.Less
This concluding chapter highlights common threads between chapters. It argues that Hindenburg's appeal was not limited by class, regional, or religious constraints. Hindenburg-worship differed qualitatively, and various versions of his myth evolved — but these often existed simultaneously. This polyvalence made the Hindenburg myth a more potent phenomenon than one trapped in the tight corset of the right-wing political sphere could ever have been. That his myth survived military failure and political disappointments is seen as cause to question the notion that it was simply moulded in the image of the expectations of German society. It is argued that Germans harboured strong wishes for a permanent national father figure and cherished the sense of order and continuity Hindenburg's mythical presence offered more than the various political — and military — goals associated with his name. Max Weber's model of ‘charismatic authority’ can therefore not be applied to Hindenburg's case in a clear-cut manner.
Mary McAuley
- Published in print:
- 1991
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198219828
- eISBN:
- 9780191678387
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198219828.003.0003
- Subject:
- History, European Modern History
It took three years of war with its military failures, rising prices, and food shortages to undermine support for the Tsar among both propertied members of society and rank-and-file soldiers. In ...
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It took three years of war with its military failures, rising prices, and food shortages to undermine support for the Tsar among both propertied members of society and rank-and-file soldiers. In February 1917, as women in the bread queues were joined by demonstrating workers, the soldiers held their fire and joined them. The old regime died with barely a whimper. There was some violence in the capital, renamed Petrograd in 1915, with the Tsarist secret police as a particular target, but there was a shared sense of liberation as well. Tsarism's collapse triggered off a revolution which slowly gathered speed over the next few months.Less
It took three years of war with its military failures, rising prices, and food shortages to undermine support for the Tsar among both propertied members of society and rank-and-file soldiers. In February 1917, as women in the bread queues were joined by demonstrating workers, the soldiers held their fire and joined them. The old regime died with barely a whimper. There was some violence in the capital, renamed Petrograd in 1915, with the Tsarist secret police as a particular target, but there was a shared sense of liberation as well. Tsarism's collapse triggered off a revolution which slowly gathered speed over the next few months.
Robert Frost
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780198208693
- eISBN:
- 9780191746345
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198208693.003.0038
- Subject:
- History, European Early Modern History
Chapter 35 examines the consequences of the failure to agree closer union in 1564. Sigismund August’s public declaration of support for the incorporationist Polish position and the failure to follow ...
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Chapter 35 examines the consequences of the failure to agree closer union in 1564. Sigismund August’s public declaration of support for the incorporationist Polish position and the failure to follow up Chashniki put the Lithuanian magnates in a difficult position. The chapter looks at the propaganda campaign orchestrated by Radziwiłł Czarny and analyses political reform in Lithuania, in particular the Second Lithuanian Statute of 1566, in which the magnate elite made concessions to the Lithuanian nobility, conceding local sejmiks and introducing the Polish system of local land courts across the grand duchy. It recounts how this strengthened the position of the ordinary nobility when the military failure of the planned 1567 campaign showed that the Lithuanians could not fight Muscovy without Polish support, which would only be given once closer union was agreed.Less
Chapter 35 examines the consequences of the failure to agree closer union in 1564. Sigismund August’s public declaration of support for the incorporationist Polish position and the failure to follow up Chashniki put the Lithuanian magnates in a difficult position. The chapter looks at the propaganda campaign orchestrated by Radziwiłł Czarny and analyses political reform in Lithuania, in particular the Second Lithuanian Statute of 1566, in which the magnate elite made concessions to the Lithuanian nobility, conceding local sejmiks and introducing the Polish system of local land courts across the grand duchy. It recounts how this strengthened the position of the ordinary nobility when the military failure of the planned 1567 campaign showed that the Lithuanians could not fight Muscovy without Polish support, which would only be given once closer union was agreed.
