The age of the dictators : a study of the European dictatorships, 1918-53 / David G. Williamson.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The years of crisis, 1890-1918 -- The victory of Leninism in Russia, 1917-27 -- Italy : the creation of the Fascist state, 1918-29 -- The vacuum of power and the rise of authoritarianism, 1918-29 -- Weimar Germany : the seedbed of Nazism? -- The collapse of Weimar and the triumph of National Socialism, 1930-4 -- The Third Reich, 1933-9 -- The development of Italian Fascism, 1929-39 --The Spanish Civil War and the beginning of the Franco regime -- Stalin and the second revolution, 1927-41 -- Institutionalized authoritarianism -- Europe under German domination -- Nazi Germany : the home front -- Fascist Italy at war -- Stalinism and the Great Patriotic War -- The survivors : the USSR, Spain, and Portugal -- The dual triumph of western democracy and Marxism-Leninism.

"In his new book, David Williamson examines the regimes that characterized this age. Nazism, Stalinist Russia, and Italian Fascism are dealt with alongside the authoritarian regimes of Spain, Portugal, Eastern Europe and the Balkans. Examined both individually and in comparison with each other, Williamson leads us to some striking revelations and uncomfortable truths regarding the roots, reality and impact of these dictatorial states and the men who ran them."--Jacket

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