Dictators, democracy, and American public culture : envisioning the totalitarian enemy, 1920s - 1950s / Benjamin L. Alpers

The romance of a dictator : dictatorship in American public culture, 1920s-1935 -- The totalitarian state : modern dictatorship as a new form of government, 1920s-1935 -- The disappearing dictator : declining regard for dictators amid growing fears of dictatorship, 1936-1941 -- The audience itself i...

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Main Authors:Alpers, Benjamin Leontief (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published:Chapel Hill, NC [u.a.] : Univ. of North Carolina Press, 2003
Series:Cultural studies of the United States
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Summary:The romance of a dictator : dictatorship in American public culture, 1920s-1935 -- The totalitarian state : modern dictatorship as a new form of government, 1920s-1935 -- The disappearing dictator : declining regard for dictators amid growing fears of dictatorship, 1936-1941 -- The audience itself is the drama : dictatorship and the regimented crowd, 1936-1941 -- Dictator isms and our democracy : the rise of totalitarianism, 1936-1941 -- This is the army : the problem of the military in a democracy, 1941-1945 -- Here is Germany : understanding the Nazi enemy, 1941-1945 -- The battle of Russia : the Russian people, communism, and totalitarianism, 1941-1945 -- A boot stamping on a human face--forever : totalitarianism as nightmare in postwar America
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:X, 405 S
ISBN:0807827509
0807854166