Dictators: The Cult of Personality in the Twentieth Century by Frank Dikötter

Dictators: The Cult of Personality in the Twentieth Century

Frank Dikötter

304 pages first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history politics psychology informative fast-paced

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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 ...

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