Modern tyrants : the power and prevalence of evil in our age / Daniel Chirot

Chirot offers a study of modern tyrants, revealing the forces which allow them to come to power and predicting where they may arise in the future

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Autores principales:Chirot, Daniel (Autor)
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado:New York [u.a.] : The Free Press [u.a.], 1994
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On modern tyranny
Moderation abandoned
In the beginning was the word
Death, lies, and decay
A typological map of tyranny
Imagined egalitarian hells : Maoism and the Khmer Rouge
Little Stalins? : socalist corporatism at the service of the nation and the leader
Little Hitlers? : elite fantasies in Argentina and Iraq, and their realization
An inadvertent catastrophe : Burma's confrontation with colonialism, modern nationalism, and Ne Win
Race and corruption on the island of Hispaniola : two Caribbean nightmares
Colonialism, resentment, and chaos : two African studies
Some propositions, lessons, and predictions about tyranny.