Half a century after their deaths, the dictatorships of Stalin and Hitler still cast a long and terrible shadow over the modern world. They were the most destructive and lethal regimes in history, murdering millions. They fought the largest and costliest war in all history. Yet millions of Germans and Russians enthusiastically supported them and the values they stood for. In this first major study of the two dictatorships side-by-side Richard Overy sets out to answer the question: How was dictatorship possible? How did they function? What was the bond that tied dictator and people so powerfully together? He paints a remarkable and vivid account of the different ways in which Stalin and Hitler rose to power, and abused and dominated their people. It is a chilling analysis of powerful ideals corrupted by the vanity of ambitious and unscrupulous men.
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L'autore:
Richard Overy is Professor of Modern History at King's College, London. His previous books include Russia's War, The Battle, and Interrogations.
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- EditoreAllen Lane
- Data di pubblicazione2004
- ISBN 10 071399309X
- ISBN 13 9780713993097
- RilegaturaCopertina rigida
- Numero di pagine896
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