DICTATORS, DESPOTS, AND DEMOCRACY,Kenneth C. Davis

-About this book

What makes a country fall to a dictator? How do authoritarian leaders―strongmen―capable of killing millions acquire their power? How are they able to defeat the ideal of democracy? And what can we do to make sure it doesn’t happen again?
By profiling five of the most notoriously ruthless dictators in history―Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, and Saddam Hussein―Kenneth C. Davis seeks to answer these questions, examining the forces in these strongmen’s personal lives and historical periods that shaped the leaders they’d become.
Meticulously researched and complete with photographs, Strongman provides insight into the lives of five leaders who callously transformed the world and serves as an invaluable resource in an era when democracy itself seems in peril.
* « A fascinating, highly readable portrayal of infamous men that provides urgent lessons for democracy now. » ―Publishers Weekly, starred review
« Strongman is a book that is both deeply researched and deeply felt, both an alarming warning and a galvanizing call to action, both daunting and necessary to read and discuss. » ―Cynthia Levinson, author of Fault Lines in the Constitution

-CONTENTS
Epigraphs
Introduction: Dictators, Despots, and Democracy
CHAPTER 1 :Democracy in Flames
Time Line of Democracy—From Athens to 1918
CHAPTER 2: “Let Arms Yield to the Toga”—A Brief History of Democracy
Time Line—The Life of Benito Mussolini
CHAPTER 3 :“Believe, Obey, and Fight”—The Story of Benito Mussolini
Time Line—The Life of Adolf Hitler
CHAPTER 4 :The Big Lie—The Story of Adolf Hitler
Time Line—The Life of Joseph Stalin
CHAPTER 5 :Man of Steel—The Story of Joseph Stalin
Time Line—The Life of Mao Zedong
CHAPTER 6 :The Long March—The Story of Mao Zedong
Time Line—The Life of Saddam Hussein
CHAPTER 7: Stalin on the Tigris—The Story of Saddam Hussein
CHAPTER 8 :Never Again?—A New Generation of Monsters
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Notes
Index

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date de parution :6 October   2020

Publisher : Henry Holt and Co

Language : English

Nb.de pages : 272  

ISBN-10 : 1250205646

ISBN-13 : 978-1250205643

poids : 453 g

Dimensions : 16 x 2,5 x 23 ,7 cm