2004:Modern Europe 1870-1945 (Pearson Education Limited), Culpin, Christopher; Evans, Eric:
While much of the revolutionary turmoil was due to war-weariness and to frustration after months of food shortages and spiralling inflation, there were groups who sought to emulate the Bolshevik example and to establish a socialist government in Germany.
Samtidigt som en stor del av tumultet berodde på motvilja till kriget och frustration över månader av matbrist, och stigande inflation, fanns det grupper som ville efterlikna Bolsjevikerna och etablera en socialistregering i Tyskland.