Format:
1 online resource (408 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781118765869
Series Statement:
New York Academy of Sciences Series
Content:
Intro -- Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Maps -- List of Plates -- Preface -- Chapter 1 The Ideological Foundations -- Definitions of Totalitarianism -- Marxism - Leninism - Stalinism -- Fascism and Nazism -- Chapter 2 The Seizure of Power -- Russia on the Eve of Revolution -- The Establishment of the Soviet Dictatorship -- The Failure of Liberal Italy -- The Birth and Triumph of Fascism -- Germany and the Impact of World War I -- The Weimar Republic and the Rise of the Nazi Movement -- The Great Depression and the Nazi Takeover -- Chapter 3 Personalities and Policies of the Dictators -- Stalin's Youth and Early Career -- Stalin the Demigod -- Mussolini: The Young Socialist -- The Duce: Strengths and Weaknesses -- The Young Hitler -- Hitler: The Chaotic Dictator -- Hitler's Private Life and Relations with Women -- Chapter 4 Totalitarian Economies -- The End of the New Economic Policy -- Stalin's War against the Peasants -- The First Five-Year Plan and Industrialization -- The Fascist Economy -- The Economy of National Socialist Germany -- Chapter 5 Propaganda, Culture, and Education -- The Limitations of Propaganda -- Soviet Propaganda -- Fascist Propaganda -- Nazi Propaganda -- Totalitarian Culture -- Soviet Education -- Education in the Fascist States -- Youth Groups -- Chapter 6 Family Values and Health -- The Conservative Trend in Values -- Soviet Women: The Mixed Blessings of Emancipation -- Fascist Italy: The Failure of Antifeminism -- Women in Nazi Germany: Kinder, Kirche, und Küche? -- Health and Eugenics in Nazi Germany -- Religion: The Basic Incompatibility -- Chapter 7 Totalitarian Terror -- The Great Purges in the Soviet Union -- Terror and Persecution in the Fascist States -- The Persecution of Jews -- Chapter 8 The Era of Traditional Diplomacy and War, 1933-1941 -- Hitler's Foreign Policy Strategy.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781118765920
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781118765920
Language:
English
