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1 online resource |
Contents |
Definitions of Totalitarianism -- Marxism -- Leninism -- Stalinism -- Fascism and Nazism -- Russia on the Eve of Revolution -- The Establishment of the Soviet Dictatorship -- The Failure of Liberal Italy -- The Birth and Triumph of Fascism -- Germany and the Impact of World War I -- The Weimar Republic and the Rise of the Nazi Movement -- The Great Depression and the Nazi Takeover -- Stalin's Youth and Early Career -- Stalin the Demigod -- Mussolini: The Young Socialist -- The Duce: Strengths and Weaknesses -- The Young Hitler -- Hitler: The Chaotic Dictator -- Hitler's Private Life and Relations with Women -- The End of the New Economic Policy -- Stalin's War against the Peasants -- The First Five-Year Plan and Industrialization -- The Fascist Economy -- The Economy of National Socialist Germany -- The Limitations of Propaganda -- Soviet Propaganda -- Fascist Propaganda -- Nazi Propaganda -- Totalitarian Culture -- Soviet Education |
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Education in the Fascist States -- Youth Groups -- The Conservative Trend in Values -- Soviet Women: The Mixed Blessings of Emancipation -- Fascist Italy: The Failure of Antifeminism -- Women in Nazi Germany: Kinder, Kirche, and Kiiche? -- Health and Eugenics in Nazi Germany -- Religion: The Basic Incompatibility -- The Great Purges in the Soviet Union -- Terror and Persecution in the Fascist States -- The Persecution of Jews -- Hitler's Foreign Policy Strategy -- Hitler as "Peace Lover," 1933-1935 -- From Ethiopia to Spain: Fascist Italy at War -- Austria and Czechoslovakia: Hitler's First Conquests -- The Approach of War -- The Blitzkrieg Campaigns -- The Italian Intervention -- Hitler Turns East -- Stalin's Preparations for War -- The Russian Campaign in 1941 -- Hitler and the Untermenschen -- Hitler and Stalin as War Lords -- The Fall of Fascism -- The German Home Front -- The War in the West -- The End of the Third Reich |
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Stalin's Last Years, 1945-1953 -- The Khrushchev Era -- Reaction and Reform: From Brezhnev to Gorbachev -- Problems of the Soviet Economy and Society -- Soviet Women in the Last Years of the Regime -- Soviet Society in the 1980's: The Balance Sheet -- The Revolt of the Satellites and the Disintegration of the Soviet Union -- The End of Soviet Totalitarianism -- The Triumph of Dogmatism -- The Structural Flaws of Totalitarianism -- The Totalitarian Legacy |
Summary |
The fourth edition of Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini: Totalitarianism in the Twentieth Century presents an innovative comparison of the origins, development, and demise of the three forms of totalitarianism that emerged in twentieth-century Europe.-Represents the only book that systematically compares all three infamous dictators of the twentieth century -Provides the latest scholarship on the wartime goals of Hitler and Stalin as well as new information on the disintegration of the Soviet empire -Compares the early lives of Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini, their ideologies, rise to and consolidation of power, and the organization and workings of their dictatorships -Features topics organized by themes rather than strictly chronologically -Includes a wealth of visual material to support the text, as well as a thorough Bibliographical Essay compiled by the author |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
Subject |
Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945.
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Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953
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Mussolini, Benito, 1883-1945
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Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945. fast (OCoLC)fst00034591 |
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Mussolini, Benito, 1883-1945. fast (OCoLC)fst00029092 |
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Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953 fast (OCoLC)fst00053304 |
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Totalitarianism -- History -- 20th century
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
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Politics and government
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Totalitarianism.
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Europe -- Politics and government -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045748
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Europe.
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Genre/Form |
History.
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Electronic book
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LC no. |
2014012437 |
ISBN |
9781118765944 |
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111876594X |
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9781118765869 |
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1118765869 |
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1118765923 |
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9781118765920 |
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9781322008394 |
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1322008396 |
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