02170cam a2200277Ii 4500 on1076498421 OCoLC ta 210505s2019 nyuacf b 001 0 eng d 9781635573794 (hbk.) 1635573793 (hbk.) 9781408891612 (pbk.) 1408891611 (pbk.) (OCoLC)1076498421 (OCoLC)1201908656 JC495 .D55 2019 Dikotter, Frank. How to be a dictator : the cult of personality in the twentieth century / Frank Dikötter. New York : Bloomsbury Pub., 2019. xvi, 274 p., 16 unnumbered p. of plates : ill. Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-262) and index. Mussolini -- Hitler -- Stalin -- Mao Zedong -- Kim Il-sung -- Duvalier -- Ceauşescu -- Mengistu -- Afterword. "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. In the twentieth century, as new technologies allowed leaders to place their image and voice directly into their citizens' homes, a new phenomenon appeared where dictators exploited the cult of personality to achieve the illusion of popular approval without ever having to resort to elections. 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. Their dictatorships, in turn, have influenced leaders in the twenty-first century, including Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, and Recep Tayyip Erdogan. 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." -- Dictatorship History 20th century. Dictators History 20th century. lcc BK 0 0 0 0 PNLIB PNLIB GEN 2021-06-17 JC495 .D55 2019 PNLIB21062514 2021-06-17 2021-06-17 BK 2701 2701