Dictator style lifestyles of the world`s most colorful despots
York, Peter
Dictator style lifestyles of the world`s most colorful despots - San Francisco Chronicle 2005 - xii,119p. ill. (some col.) 25 cm.
Foreword: Tree forts and love shacks, by Douglas Coupland -- Introduction -- Get the look -- Porfirio Díaz -- Vladimir Lenin -- Joseph Stalin -- Benito Mussolini -- Adolf Hitler -- Josip Broz Tito -- Francisco Franco -- Juan Perón -- Nicolae Ceausescu -- Joseph-Désiré Mobutu -- Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos -- Idi Amin -- Jean-Bédel Bokassa -- Saddam Hussein -- Manuel Noriega -- Slobodan Milosevic -- Brief lives -- Picture captions and credits -- Acknowledgments.
"Running with the idea that our homes are where we are truly ourselves, Dictator Style examines the frightening interior decorating tastes of some of history's most alarming despots--and proves that absolute power corrupts absolutely, right down to the drapes"--P. [4] of cover.
9780811853149
2011280933
Dictators--Homes and haunts.
Dictators--Biography.
920.00904 / YO-D
Dictator style lifestyles of the world`s most colorful despots - San Francisco Chronicle 2005 - xii,119p. ill. (some col.) 25 cm.
Foreword: Tree forts and love shacks, by Douglas Coupland -- Introduction -- Get the look -- Porfirio Díaz -- Vladimir Lenin -- Joseph Stalin -- Benito Mussolini -- Adolf Hitler -- Josip Broz Tito -- Francisco Franco -- Juan Perón -- Nicolae Ceausescu -- Joseph-Désiré Mobutu -- Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos -- Idi Amin -- Jean-Bédel Bokassa -- Saddam Hussein -- Manuel Noriega -- Slobodan Milosevic -- Brief lives -- Picture captions and credits -- Acknowledgments.
"Running with the idea that our homes are where we are truly ourselves, Dictator Style examines the frightening interior decorating tastes of some of history's most alarming despots--and proves that absolute power corrupts absolutely, right down to the drapes"--P. [4] of cover.
9780811853149
2011280933
Dictators--Homes and haunts.
Dictators--Biography.
920.00904 / YO-D