The New Germany

An eyewitness political study of post-Armistice Germany, tracing the initial revolutionary surge and the ensuing struggle between reactionary forces and democratic reformers. It chronicles the emergence of workers' councils as rival representative bodies, the reassertion of conservative and security institutions, and efforts at reconstruction amid economic ruin. The narrative examines how interim government arrangements functioned alongside parliamentary drafts, discusses the implications of the peace settlement, and reproduces the proposed constitution in an appendix. The author assesses the balance of forces shaping a fragile stability and warns that external settlement terms could hinder durable recovery.