The Resource 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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- Summary
- 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 him will last longer. The paradox of the modern dictator is that he must create the illusion of popular support. Throughout the twentieth century, hundreds of millions of people were condemned to enthusiasm, obliged to hail their leaders even as they were herded down the road to serfdom. Frank Dikötter returns to eight of the most chillingly effective personality cults of the twentieth century
- Language
- eng
- Label
- How to be a dictator : the cult of personality in the twentieth century
- Title
- How to be a dictator
- Title remainder
- the cult of personality in the twentieth century
- Statement of responsibility
- Frank Dikötter
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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 him will last longer. The paradox of the modern dictator is that he must create the illusion of popular support. Throughout the twentieth century, hundreds of millions of people were condemned to enthusiasm, obliged to hail their leaders even as they were herded down the road to serfdom. Frank Dikötter returns to eight of the most chillingly effective personality cults of the twentieth century
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- StDuBDS
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Dikötter, Frank
- Dewey number
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- 321.9'09'04
- 321.9'09'04
- 321.90904
- Index
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- Intended audience
- Specialized
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Dictatorship
- Dictators
- Politics and Government
- Target audience
- specialized
- Label
- How to be a dictator : the cult of personality in the twentieth century, Frank Dikötter
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- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 9781408891629
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 304 pages
- Isbn
- 9781408891629
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Label
- How to be a dictator : the cult of personality in the twentieth century, Frank Dikötter
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 9781408891629
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 304 pages
- Isbn
- 9781408891629
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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