The Failure of Interwar Democracy and Current Implications

Authors

Christopher Browning, University of North Carolina

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Description

From the AP website: "EDINBURG — A renowned Holocaust scholar, Christopher Browning was on-hand Thursday at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley campus as part of the UTRGV Rondel Davidson Lecture Series..."

Abstract of lecture:

Allied victory in World War I was proclaimed as making the world safe for democracy, yet the interwar period witnessed widespread democratic failure. Most important, democratic failure in Italy and Germany resulted in fascist dictatorships, war, and--in the case of Nazi Germany--genocide. In 1989, as earlier in 1919, democracy seemed triumphant, but in many countries democracy is now in retreat. What insights does the widespread democratic failure of the interwar period offer to better understand the current crisis of democracy?

Publication Date

2-2019

Disciplines

History

Recommended Citation

Rondel V. Davidson Endowed Lecture Series , UTRGV Digital Library, The University of Texas – Rio Grande Valley. Accessed via https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/rdavidson/