William A. Pelz (1951-2017) was Director of the Institute of Working Class History in Chicago and a Professor of History at Elgin Community College. His works include A People's History of the German Revolution, (Pluto, 2018) Wilhelm Liebknecht and German Social Democracy (Haymarket, 2015), The Eugene V. Debs Reader (Merlin Press, 2014) and A People's History of Modern Europe (Pluto, 2016).
Introduction: What German Revolution?
1. Industrialisation and the Rise of the German Working Class, 1871-1914
2. Growth of Radical Belief within the German Common People
3. War, Suffering, Resistance Amidst the German Population
4. The Road to the November Revolution
5. The Kaiser Goes, the Generals Remain: November 1918-January 1919
6. Provocation, Confusion, Revolt and Repression: The Days of January 1919
7. Women in the World War and November Revolution, 1914-1919
8. Death Agony of the Revolution till 1923
9. Legacy of the German Revolution and its International Impact
Conclusion
