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Conclusions

Gustav Stresemann:

Examining his Policies

  • Stresemann was not an opportunistic nationalist (he was not duplicitous) or because his policies were inherently flawed.
  • Stresemann was also not perfect
  • Stresemann's policies had limited effectiveness because he was more focused on revising the Treaty of Versailles and advancing Germany on the international front than he was on creating domestic reforms addressing the structural weaknesses of the Weimar Republic.

Secondary Literature

Historiography

Significant Secondary Sources:

  • Jonathan Wright
  • "Charge of Duplicity"=Hanz Gatzke, and R.T. Clark

Research Question

Primary Sources

Why did Gustav Stresemann's policies, such as negotiating the Locarno Pact (1925), the Dawes Plan (1924), and the Treaty of Berlin (1926), produce only a Golden Era ("Goldene Zwanziger") as opposed to long-lasting stability in the Weimar Republic?

Significant Primary Sources:

Dawes Plan (1924)

Locarno Treaty (1925)

Treaty of Berlin (1926)

Working Hypothesis

Stresemann's policies had limited success not because his foreign policy achievements were designed for short-term gain but because his diplomatic accomplishments were not accompanied with long-term domestic reforms.

-denouncing the "duplicity charge"

-denouncing Wright's perspective

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