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008			210505s2019 nyuacf b 001 0 eng d
020			_a9781635573794 (hbk.)
020			_a1635573793 (hbk.)
020			_a9781408891612 (pbk.)
020			_a1408891611 (pbk.)
035			_a(OCoLC)1076498421 _z(OCoLC)1201908656
050			_aJC495 _b.D55 2019
100	0		_aDikotter, Frank.
245	1	0	_aHow to be a dictator : _bthe cult of personality in the twentieth century / _cFrank Dikötter.
260			_aNew York : _bBloomsbury Pub., _c2019.
300			_axvi, 274 p., 16 unnumbered p. of plates : _bill.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [207]-262) and index.
505			_aMussolini -- Hitler -- Stalin -- Mao Zedong -- Kim Il-sung -- Duvalier -- Ceauşescu -- Mengistu -- Afterword.
520			_a"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 to achieve the illusion of popular approval without ever having to resort to elections. In How to Be a Dictator, Frank Dikötter examines the cults and propaganda surrounding twentieth-century dictators, from Hitler and Stalin to Mao Zedong and Kim Il Sung. These men were the founders of modern dictatorships, and they learned from each other and from history to build their regimes and maintain their public images. Their dictatorships, in turn, have influenced leaders in the twenty-first century, including Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, and Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Using a breadth of archival research and his characteristic in-depth analysis, Dikötter offers a stunning portrait of dictatorship, a guide to the cult of personality, and a map for exposing the lies dictators tell to build and maintain their regimes." --
650		4	_aDictatorship _xHistory _y20th century.
650		4	_aDictators _xHistory _y20th century.
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