| Description |
xv, 408 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Contents -- List of illustrations -- Preface to the third edition -- Comparative timeline -- Prologue: the seventeen dictatorships, 1918-1945 -- 1 The setting for dictatorship -- The period before 1914 -- The impact of the First World War -- The peace settlement and its significance -- The crisis of democracy -- The influence of modernity -- The economic catalyst -- 2 Types of dictatorship -- Dictatorship as a concept -- Totalitarian or Authoritarian regimes? -- The ideological basis of dictatorship -- A summary -- 3 Dictatorship in Russia -- Lenin's regime, 1917-24 -- The succession, 1924-9 -- Stalin's rule to 1941 -- Soviet foreign policy, 1918-41 -- The Great Patriotic War, 1941-5 -- 1945-53: mature dictatorship? -- Reflections on Stalin's dictatorship -- 4 Dictatorship in Italy -- The rise of Mussolini to 1922: an outline -- The rise of Mussolini to 1922: an explanation -- Mussolini's dictatorship, 1922-43 -- Mussolini's foreign policy, 1922-40 -- War and collapse, 1940-5 -- The Italian Social Republic, 1943-5: a return to the beginning? -- Reflections on Mussolini¿s dictatorship -- 5 Dictatorship in Germany -- The Weimar Republic and the rise of Hitler, 1918-33 -- Explanations of the rise of Hitler -- The Third Reich, 1933-45 -- German foreign policy, 1919-39 -- Germany at war, 1939-45 -- The Holocaust -- Reflections on Hitler's dictatorship -- 6 Dictatorship elsewhere -- Dictatorship in Portugal and Spain -- Dictatorship in central and eastern Europe -- Dictatorship in the Balkans and Turkey -- Puppet dictatorships from democracies -- 7 Dictatorships compared -- Ideologies -- Leadership -- State, party and army -- Social control -- Security and terror -- Economies -- Impact of war -- Epilogue: Europe since 1945 -- Notes -- Select bibliography -- Index |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: 2000 |
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Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [388]-393) and index |
| Subject |
Dictators -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.
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| SUBJECT |
Europe -- Politics and government -- 1918-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045749
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| LC no. |
2007039717 |
| ISBN |
9780415454841 |
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0415454840 |
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9780415454858 paperback |
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0415454859 paperback |
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