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Dictators The Cult of Personality in the Twentieth Century

Paperback • 2020 • English

Dictators The Cult of Personality in the Twentieth Century

By Frank Dikötter

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A New Statesman, Financial Times and Economist Book of the Year 'Brilliant' NEW STATESMAN, BOOKS OF THE YEAR 'Enlightening and a good read' SPECTATOR 'Moving and perceptive' NEW STATESMAN Mussolini, Hitler, Stalin, Mao Zedong, Kim Il-sung, Ceausescu, Mengistu of Ethiopia and Duvalier of Haiti. No dictator can rule through fear and violence alone. Naked power can be grabbed and held temporarily, but it never suffices in the long term. A tyrant who can compel his own people to acclaim h...Show more

Political structure and processes
Political structures: democracy
Political structures: totalitarianism and dictatorship

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9781526626998

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Bloomsbury Publishing

Published year

2020

Language

English

Original title

Dictators The Cult of Personality in the Twentieth Century

Format

Paperback

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