Why dictators? : The causes and forms of tyrannical rule since 600 B.C.

General Information

Author/Creator
Hallgarten, George W. F. (George Wolfgang Felix), 1901-1975.
Language
English.
Published
New York : Macmillan, 1954.
Physical Description
379 p. ; 22 cm.

Subjects

Subject
Dictators.

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility
George W. F. Hallgarten.
Content
Part I. The "classical" dictatorships. The general structure -- The main occurrences of classical dictatorship -- Methods and peculiarities of classical dictatorship -- Part II. The "ultra-revolutionary" dictatorships. General features -- Main occurrences of ultra-revolutionary dictatorship -- Methods and peculiarities of ultra-revolutionary dictatorship -- Part III. "Counter- and pseudo-revolutionary" dictatorships. General features -- Examples of counter-revolutionary dictatorship -- Background and principal representatives -- Methods and peculiarities of pseudo-revolutionary dictatorships -- Part IV. Dictatorships in the present world. Present Latin American dictatorships -- Dictatorships on the Iberian Peninsula -- Dictatorship in the Islamic World -- Consolidation of ultra-revolution: the sociology of the Soviet dictatorships -- Epilogue: Escape from freedom or freedom to escape?
Library Special Collection
HU OSA 300 - RFE/RL collection

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BookOSA Archivum LibraryGeneral collection321.6 HALOSA Repository-

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