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- 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.
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Sep 27, 2019 · How to Be a Dictator by Frank Dikötter — the tyranny of strongmen. A timely and enjoyable look at the personality of dictators and the need to defend democracy. Hitler and Mussolini ride...
Sep 1, 2019 · From the Samuel Johnson prize-winning author of Mao's Great Famine, a timely and compelling exploration of the cult of personality that surrounded eight twentieth century dictators. Mussolini, Hitler, Stalin, Mao Zedong, Kim Il-sung, Ceausescu, Mengistu of Ethiopia and Duvalier of Haiti.
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Sep 5, 2019 · How to Be A Dictator proves to be a misleading title, because Dikötter does not offer much in the way of explanation or analysis. Narrative takes centre stage instead.
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.
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Dec 30, 2019 · Although spanning decades and seas, the men profiled in Frank Dikötter’s How to Be a Dictator: The Cult of Personality in the Twentieth Century share haunting similarities.
Sep 5, 2019 · Sober, probing and perceptive, How to be a Dictator dismantles the techniques employed by tyrants to command support and offers warnings against allowing history to repeat itself. Mussolini, Hitler, Stalin, Mao Zedong, Kim Il-sung, Ceausescu, Mengistu of Ethiopia and Duvalier of Haiti.
Frank Dikötter’s latest book, How to Be a Dictator: The Cult of Personality in the Twentieth Century, tackles this institution head on. Dikötter is certainly the right person for the job—his earlier work on Maoist China is nothing short of spectacular.
