How to be a dictator : the cult of personality in the twentieth century / Frank Dikötter.
How to be a dictator : the cult of personality in the twentieth century / Frank Dikötter.
How to be a dictator : the cult of personality in the twentieth century / Frank Dikötter.
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New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.
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G 2019/5472 , G 2020/0243
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English
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Physical content
xvi, 274 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Content type
text
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unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Mussolini -- Hitler -- Stalin -- Mao Zedong -- Kim Il-sung -- Duvalier -- Ceauşescu -- Mengistu.
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New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2019.
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"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. In the twentieth century, as new technologies allowed leaders to place their image and voice directly into their citizens' homes, a new phenomenon appeared where dictators exploited the cult of personality...
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How to be a dictator : the cult of personality in the twentieth century / Frank Dikötter.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-222) and index.
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©2019
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G 2019/5472 , G 2020/0243
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74VKV55ZKj5O
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV55ZKj5O
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ISBN
140889162X
1635573793
9781635573794
9781408891629 (hbk.)
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321.90904
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991024272817102626
