TY - BOOK ID - 78640664 TI - The age of the dictators AU - Williamson, D.G. AU - Pearson Longman PY - 2007 SN - 131787014X 131583619X 1317870131 1281830453 9786611830458 1408250802 9781317870135 9780582505803 0582505801 9781317870142 9781315836195 9781317870128 9781138168954 PB - London ; New York ; Tokyo...[et al.] Pearson Longman DB - UniCat KW - Dictatorship KW - Absolutism KW - Autocracy KW - Tyranny KW - Authoritarianism KW - Despotism KW - Totalitarianism UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78640664 AB - The Age of the Dictators presents a comprehensive survey of the origins and interrelationship of the European dictatorships. All the regimes are addressed, with ample coverage of the period 1939-45, and analysis of the Soviet government up to Stalin's death in 1953.Exploring their ideological and political roots, and the role of the First World War in their rise to power, David Williams identifies the dictatorships as products of their time. He examines the Soviet, Italian Fascist and Nazi dictatorships, as well as the authoritarian regimes in Spain, Portugal, Eastern Europe ER -