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020			_a9781408891612 (pbk.) : _c£14.99
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100	1		_aDikötter, Frank, _eauthor. _918764
245	1	0	_aHow to be a dictator : _bthe cult of personality in the twentieth century / _cFrank Dikötter.
260			_aLondon : _bBloomsbury, _c2019.
263			_a201909
300			_a304 pages ; _c24 cm
520	8		_aMussolini, Hitler, Stalin, Mao Zedong, Kim Il-sung, Ceausescu, Mengistu of Ethiopia and Duvalier of Haiti. 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. A tyrant who can compel his own people to acclaim him will last longer. The paradox of the modern dictator is that he must create the illusion of popular support. Throughout the twentieth century, hundreds of millions of people were condemned to enthusiasm, obliged to hail their leaders even as they were herded down the road to serfdom. Frank Dikötter returns to eight of the most chillingly effective personality cults of the twentieth century.
650		0	_aDictatorship _xHistory _y20th century. _918765
650		0	_aDictators _xHistory _y20th century. _918766
650		7	_aPolitics and Government. _2ukslc _9658
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