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Asia/Pacific Research Center, Div of The Institute for International Studies Dynasty: The Hereditary Succession Politics of
Book SynopsisScholar and senior journalist Kim Hakjoon provides a timely analysis of the rise of the Kim Il Sung family dynasty and the politics of leadership succession in Pyongyang, including Kim Jong Il’s death and the advent of his son Kim Jong Un. Drawing on official North Korean statements and leaked confidential documents, journalistic accounts, and defector reports, the book synthesizes virtually all that is known about the secretive family and how it operates within a bizarre governing system. Particularly valuable for a Western audience is the author’s extensive use of South Korean studies of the Kim family, many of which have not been translated into English. Dynasty is insightful reading for officials, journalists, scholars, and students interested in the Korean Peninsula and its prospects.
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Rutgers University Press Bolsonarismo: The Global Origins and Future of
Book SynopsisBolsonarismo: The Global Origins and Future of Brazil’s Far Right documents the rise of the far-right alliance that emerged in Brazil in 2020 around the figure of former president Jair Bolsonaro. Unlike a cohesive organization with uniform practices, Bolsonarismo is marked by fragmentation and a broad variety of ideologies. Fernando Brancoli delves deeply into how Bolsonarismo has developed a specific political orientation through its partnerships with other groups, practices, and subjectivities within Brazil, as well as internationally. Through interviews, archival research, and newly available public documents, this book presents a comprehensive and compelling portrait of the neo-evangelical pastors, military personnel, and meritocratic ideologues who are the actors behind the far-right movement. Adding to our understanding of Bolsonarismo's growth in Brazilian politics and the contributing factors behind it, the book also sheds light on the impact of Bolsonarismo on world politics. As a prominent leader of the far-right movement, Jair Bolsonaro's political views and policies have reverberated beyond Brazil's borders, influencing the discourse on issues such as climate change, democracy, and human rights around the world.Trade Review"Brancoli’s thrillingly-original and uniquely-probing analysis will captivate students, scholars, journalists, and activists concerned by the rise of the far right in Latin America. Brancoli provides clarity for a world spellbound by the hypocrisy, sadism, mismanagement, and ecocidal racism of the Bolsonaro administration. Offering a set of global perspectives grounded in local histories and contexts, this book sets Brazil into a dynamic transnational frame, and brings Eurocentric and U.S.-based scholarship on the new right into conversation with Latin American political sociology and interdisciplinary political studies." -- Paul Amar * author of The Security Archipelago: Human-Security States, Sexuality Politics, and the End of Neolib *"Brancoli retraces how, in the first decades of the 21st century, Brazil became an ultra-right global hub. It examines how bolsonarismo, albeit not cohesive, constitutes a political constellation that will not vanish with the electoral defeat of its leader. Above all, it charters how the same far-right that repudiates 'globalism' is itself viscerally transnational." -- Sonia Corrêa * co-editor of The Remaking of Social Contracts: Feminists in a Fierce New World *"For anyone willing to understand the rise of authoritarian nationalist leaders and far right ideologies across the world, Bolsonarismo is an enlightening descent into the improbable alliance of moral reaction, religious inspiration, neoliberal policies, populist strategies, and blatant racism. While deeply grounded in the Brazilian context, it also offers a broader reflection on lurking fascist trends in contemporary societies." -- Didier Fassin * professor at the Collège de France and the Institute for Advanced Study *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Extreme Right, Bolsonarismo, and the Multiple Bodies of Conservatism in Brazil 2 Bolsonarismo and the Battle against Globalism: Neoconservatism as a Transnational Alliance 3 Moral Geopolitics: Neo-Pentecostalism, Christian Zionism, and the Internationalization of Salvation 4 Domestic and International Pacification: Militarism, Peacekeeping Operations, and Enemy Formation in Brazil 5 Authoritarian Meritocracy: Bolsonarismo, the Establishment of an Entrepreneurial Nation, and the Privatization of the Family Conclusion: Bolsonarismo after Bolsonaro––From New Institutional Leaders to Evangelical Paramilitary Groups Acknowledgments Notes References Index
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Rutgers University Press Bolsonarismo: The Global Origins and Future of
Book SynopsisBolsonarismo: The Global Origins and Future of Brazil’s Far Right documents the rise of the far-right alliance that emerged in Brazil in 2020 around the figure of former president Jair Bolsonaro. Unlike a cohesive organization with uniform practices, Bolsonarismo is marked by fragmentation and a broad variety of ideologies. Fernando Brancoli delves deeply into how Bolsonarismo has developed a specific political orientation through its partnerships with other groups, practices, and subjectivities within Brazil, as well as internationally. Through interviews, archival research, and newly available public documents, this book presents a comprehensive and compelling portrait of the neo-evangelical pastors, military personnel, and meritocratic ideologues who are the actors behind the far-right movement. Adding to our understanding of Bolsonarismo's growth in Brazilian politics and the contributing factors behind it, the book also sheds light on the impact of Bolsonarismo on world politics. As a prominent leader of the far-right movement, Jair Bolsonaro's political views and policies have reverberated beyond Brazil's borders, influencing the discourse on issues such as climate change, democracy, and human rights around the world.Trade Review"Brancoli’s thrillingly-original and uniquely-probing analysis will captivate students, scholars, journalists, and activists concerned by the rise of the far right in Latin America. Brancoli provides clarity for a world spellbound by the hypocrisy, sadism, mismanagement, and ecocidal racism of the Bolsonaro administration. Offering a set of global perspectives grounded in local histories and contexts, this book sets Brazil into a dynamic transnational frame, and brings Eurocentric and U.S.-based scholarship on the new right into conversation with Latin American political sociology and interdisciplinary political studies." -- Paul Amar * author of The Security Archipelago: Human-Security States, Sexuality Politics, and the End of Neolib *"Brancoli retraces how, in the first decades of the 21st century, Brazil became an ultra-right global hub. It examines how bolsonarismo, albeit not cohesive, constitutes a political constellation that will not vanish with the electoral defeat of its leader. Above all, it charters how the same far-right that repudiates 'globalism' is itself viscerally transnational." -- Sonia Corrêa * co-editor of The Remaking of Social Contracts: Feminists in a Fierce New World *"For anyone willing to understand the rise of authoritarian nationalist leaders and far right ideologies across the world, Bolsonarismo is an enlightening descent into the improbable alliance of moral reaction, religious inspiration, neoliberal policies, populist strategies, and blatant racism. While deeply grounded in the Brazilian context, it also offers a broader reflection on lurking fascist trends in contemporary societies." -- Didier Fassin * professor at the Collège de France and the Institute for Advanced Study *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Extreme Right, Bolsonarismo, and the Multiple Bodies of Conservatism in Brazil 2 Bolsonarismo and the Battle against Globalism: Neoconservatism as a Transnational Alliance 3 Moral Geopolitics: Neo-Pentecostalism, Christian Zionism, and the Internationalization of Salvation 4 Domestic and International Pacification: Militarism, Peacekeeping Operations, and Enemy Formation in Brazil 5 Authoritarian Meritocracy: Bolsonarismo, the Establishment of an Entrepreneurial Nation, and the Privatization of the Family Conclusion: Bolsonarismo after Bolsonaro––From New Institutional Leaders to Evangelical Paramilitary Groups Acknowledgments Notes References Index
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De Gruyter Death by a Thousand Cuts: Neuropolitics, Thymos, and the Slow Demise of Democracy
Book SynopsisAccording to Plato, democracies die when people get angry. Resentment causes them to vote for demagogues. Recently, democratically elected politicians have used crises as a pretext for dismantling democracy, following a pattern we have seen since the dawn of civilization. Why do people fall for the lure of dictatorships? And what can we learn from the cause and effects of dictatorships to understand why democracies die?In this new edition of Matt Qvortrup’s acclaimed monograph Death By A Thousand Cuts, the author shows how neuroscience can help us understand why people willingly give up their democratic rights or are unwillingly forced to do so.Death by a Thousand Cuts: Neuropolitics, Thymos, and the Slow Demise of Democracy is written in an accessible style with vignettes and new empirical data to provide historical context and neurological evidence on a much-discussed topic: the threat of democracy. This book will help readers who are concerned about the longevity of democracy understand when and why democracy is in danger of collapsing and alert them to the warning signs of its demise.
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Campus Verlag Voting for Hitler and Stalin: Elections under 20th Century Dictatorships
Book SynopsisDictatorships throughout the twentieth century - including Mussolini's Italy, the Third Reich, the Soviet Union, Poland, and East Germany - held elections. But were they more than rituals of participation without the slightest effect on the distribution of power? Why did political regimes radically opposed to liberal democracy feel the need to imitate their enemies? Offering significant insights into totalitarian state governance, "Voting for Hitler and Stalin" thoroughly investigates the remarkable, paradoxical phenomenon of dictatorial elections, revealing the many ways they transcended mere propaganda.
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Sanage Publishing House LLP Fascism
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Oxford University Press North Korea and the Global Nuclear Order
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Communist Totalitarianism Keys to the Soviet System
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Taylor & Francis Corporatism and Fascism The Corporatist Wave in Europe Routledge Studies in Fascism and the Far Right
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Erdogans Turkey
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Erdogans Turkey
Book SynopsisThis book explores the role of religion in the transformation of Turkey under the reign of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Justice and Development Party. It attempts to come to terms with the current political crisis in Turkey and the government’s move toward authoritarianism.Table of Contents1. Faulty Assumptions about Democratization in Turkey 2. Populism and the Politics of Belonging in Erdoğan’s Turkey 3. Understanding Contemporary Turkey’s Nostalgia for the Ottoman Empire and Neo-Ottomanist Approaches in Turkish Politics 4. Governing Anxiety, Trauma, and Crisis: The Political Discourse on Ontological (In)security after the July 15 Coup Attempt in Turkey 5. The Evolving Kurdish Question in Turkey 6. Positive and Negative Diaspora Governance in Context: From Public Diplomacy to Transnational Authoritarianism 7. Transformation of Turkish Foreign Policy towards Syria: The Return of Securitization 8. The Turkish-Armenian Historical Controversy: How to Name the Events of 1915?
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Contemporary Authoritarianism in Southeast Asia
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Mobutus Totalitarian Political System An Afrocentric Analysis African Studies
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Taylor & Francis Totalitarian Dictatorship
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Contemporary Authoritarianism in Southeast Asia
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Mobutus Totalitarian Political System An Afrocentric Analysis African Studies
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Totalitarianism and Political Religions Concepts for the Comparison of Dictatorships Vol 1 Totalitarianism Movements and Political Religions
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Stalin and War 19181953
Book SynopsisStalin and War, 1918-1953 is the first book to examine the patterns of radicalized internal violence that characterized the Stalinist regime across the whole of the dictator's rule, and it is one of the only works to connect patterns of internal violence to the dictator's perceptions of war and foreign threat. Discussion focuses on the crisis years 1928-1932, 1936-1939, the Great Fatherland War, and the last war crisis period, 1947-1953. Violent repressions under Stalin were cyclical. They peaked and ebbed but, in each case, they were linked to Stalin's expectation of war and invasion, to his perceived need for urgent internal mobilization, and to intense foreign policy activity. Stalin's behavior in each of these perceived war crises followed a pattern established during the dictator''s experience as a military commander in the Russian revolutionary wars, and especially during the Polish war in 1919 and 1920. Together, these chapters trace a consistent and interconnTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Stalin and War 1 War and the First Crisis: Poland and Peasants, 1918–1921, 1928–1932 2 Second Crisis: Germany, Japan, and the Threat of Insurgency, 1936–1939 3 Third Crisis: The Great Fatherland War, 1941–1945 4 The Final Threat, 1947–1953 Conclusion: Cycles of Violence Bibliography Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Perennial Conspiracy Theory
The Perennial Conspiracy Theory is a collection of essays on the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, a fake document which has created a pernicious antisemitic conspiracy theory.
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Cambridge University Press From Marx to Lenin
Book SynopsisThis study is a contribution to the debate concerning the relationship between Marx's project and Soviet society.Table of ContentsPreface; 1. Introduction; 2. Marx and the transition to socialism; 3. Engels, democracy and revolution; 4. Marxism and Revisionism; 5. The Russian revolutionary tradition; 6. Lenin and the Party; 7. Lenin and the dictatorship; 8. Conclusion; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Democracies and Dictatorships in Latin America
Book SynopsisThis book presents a new theory for why democracies and dictatorships emerge and then either survive or collapse. Scott Mainwaring and Aníbal Pérez-Liñán analyze the survival of political regimes in Latin America since 1900, arguing for a theory of democratization situated between explanations that emphasize long-term structural preconditions and short-term decisions by specific leaders.Trade Review'Democracies and Dictatorships in Latin America takes a comprehensive look at regime change in that region, explaining the surprising endurance of democracy there since the 1970s. Through a parsimonious yet comprehensive theory of democratization that is contrasted with other theories, Professors Mainwaring and Pérez-Liñán provide analysis that will revive interest in these topics. Well organized and well written, this timely book will be of interest to scholars, analytically oriented lay readers, and policy makers alike.' William R. Keech, Research Professor of Political Economy, Duke UniversityTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. A theory of regime change and durability; 3. Competitive regimes and authoritarianism in Latin America, 1900–2010; 4. Regime survival and fall: a quantitative test; 5. From breakdowns to stabilization of democracy: Argentina; 6. From persistent authoritarianism to democracy: El Salvador; 7. International actors, international influences, and regime outcomes; 8. The limits of the third wave, 1978–2010; 9. Rethinking theories of democratization.
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Cambridge University Press Political Institutions Under Dictatorship
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Cambridge University Press Democracies and Dictatorships in Latin America
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Cambridge University Press Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict in Indonesia
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Cambridge University Press Dictatorship in History and Theory
Book SynopsisThis book brings together the work of historians and political theorists to examine the complex relationship among nineteenth-century democracy, nationalism, and authoritarianism. Political thinkers were faced with a battery of new terms - 'Bonapartism', 'Caesarism', and 'Imperialism' among them - with which to make sense of their era.Table of ContentsPart I. Bonapartism to Its Contemporaries: 1. From consulate to empire: impetus and resistance Isser Woloch; 2. The Bonapartes and Germany T. C. W. Blanning; 3. Prussian conservatives and the problem of Bonapartism David E. Barclay; 4. Tocqueville and French nineteenth-century conceptualizations of the two Bonapartes and their empires Melvin Richter; 5. Marx and Brumaire Terrell Carver; 6. Bonapartism as the progenitor of democracy: the paradoxical case of the French Second Empire Sudhir Hazareesingh; Part II. Bonapartism, Caesarism, Totalitarianism: Twentieth-Century Experiences and Reflections: 7. Max Weber and the avatars of Caesarism Peter Baehr; 8. The concept of Caesarism in Gramsci Benedetto Fontana; 9. From constitutional technique to Caesarist ploy: Carl Schmitt on dictatorship, liberalism and emergency powers John P. McCormick; 10. Bonapartist and Gaullist heroic leadership: comparing crisis appeals to an impersonated people Jack Hayward; 11. The leader and the masses: Hannah Arendt on totalitarianism and dictatorship Margaret Canovan; Part III. Ancient Resonances: 12. Dictatorship in Rome Claude Nicolet; 13. From the historical Caesar to the spectre of Caesarism: the imperial administrator as internal threat Arthur M. Eckstein.
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Cambridge University Press Stalinism and Nazism
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Cambridge University Press Stalinism and Nazism
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Cambridge University Press The Political Economy of Dictatorship
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Cambridge University Press Political Economy of Dictatorship
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Cambridge University Press Constitutionalism and Dictatorship Pinochet the Junta and the 1980 Constitution 4 Cambridge Studies in the Theory of Democracy
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Cambridge University Press Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict in Indonesia
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Cambridge University Press Dictatorship in History and Theory
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Cambridge University Press To the Threshold of Power 192233 Volume 1 Origins and Dynamics of the Fascist and National Socialist Dictatorships
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Cambridge University Press Coalitions of the Weak
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Cambridge University Press Political Plasticity
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Cambridge University Press Political Plasticity
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Cambridge University Press The Philippines
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Cambridge University Press Sovereign Heritage Crime
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Cambridge University Press Military Politics of the Contemporary Arab World
Book SynopsisAside from large-scale civic mobilisations, no force was more critical to the outcomes of the 2011 Arab uprisings than the armed forces. Nearly a decade after these events, we see militaries across the region in power, once again performing critical roles in state politics. Taking as a point of reference five case studies where uprisings took place in 2011, Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Yemen and Syria, Philippe Droz-Vincent explores how these armies were able to install themselves for decades under enduring authoritarian regimes, how armies reacted to the 2011 Uprisings, and what role they played in the post-Uprising regime re-formations or collapses. Devoting a chapter to monarchical armies with a special focus on Saudi Arabia and the UAE, Droz-Vincent addresses whether monarchies radically differ from republics, to compare the foundational role of Arab armies in state building, in the Arab world and beyond.Trade Review'Droz-Vincent's historically grounded, comparative study of the changing political roles of Arab militaries is both theoretically informed and rich in detail. By correctly placing those militaries at the heart of their respective political systems, he underscores this distinctive feature of Arab politics and its profoundly negative consequences for the Middle East.' Robert Springborg, Professor of National Security Affairs, Naval Postgraduate School'Military praetorianism has epitomized the Arab world for decades, but it has not been uniform either in content or over time. Droz-Vincent deftly dissects the military phenomenon across three distinct phases of military predominance, culminating in the period since the 2011 uprisings. He focuses mainly on Egypt, Libya, Syria, Tunisia and Yemen, the countries most impacted by the uprisings, but the reader will find that he casts his analytic net more broadly.' John Waterbury, President Emeritus, American University of Beirut'a valuable contribution to an oft-overlooked aspect of military forces in the region, namely their relations with power, notably civil power … Although ultimately a historical book, Philippe Droz-Vincent's work serves as a blueprint for the future, and what can be expected from Arab military forces as politicised but powerful actors.' Florence Gaub, The International SpectatorTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. The surge of armies in Arab states; 2. Changing dynamics with the rise of authoritarian regimes; 3. Armies living under enduring authoritarian regimes: the officer as an (influential) bureaucrat; 4. Are Arab monarchies different?; 5. Agency restored? Uprisings, surprise, army intervention and abyssal challenges ahead; 6. Post-uprising eras and regime (tentative) re-formations; Conclusion. Arab armies once again at the forefront.
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Cambridge University Press Popular Dictatorships
Electoral autocracies regimes that adopt democratic institutions but subvert them to rule as dictatorships have become the most widespread, resilient and malignant non-democracies today. They have consistently ruled over a third of the countries in the world, including geopolitically significant states like Russia, Turkey, Venezuela, Egypt, Indonesia, Nigeria and Pakistan. Challenging conventional wisdom, Popular Dictators shows that the success of electoral authoritarianism is not due to these regimes'' superior capacity to repress, bribe, brainwash and manipulate their societies into submission, but is actually a product of their genuine popular appeal in countries experiencing deep political, economic and security crises. Promising efficient, strong-armed rule tempered by popular accountability, elected strongmen attract mass support in societies traumatized by turmoil, dysfunction and injustice, allowing them to rule through the ballot box. Popular Dictators argues that this cris
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Hitlers Girl
Book SynopsisTrade Review“This timely, readable book raises hugely important questions about how people justify supporting tyrants. In Young’s engaging narrative, what led British aristocrats, such as fascist fanatics Diana and Unity Mitford, to totalitarianism almost 100 years ago resonates with alarming trends we witness today. Attacks on democracy, from January 6th to Ukraine, make understanding authoritarianism most urgent; Hitler’s Girl, sure to be controversial, contributes critical case histories to that essential conversation.” — Carla Kaplan, author of Miss Anne in Harlem “A frank and timely exploration of a seminal era in modern history deserving of more attention. Young's engaging work shines a spotlight on this pivotal moment between the World Wars by bringing some of its most complicated personalities to the fore and thus reminding us that there is always more to discover, even when we think we know the whole story.” — Catherine Grace Katz, author of The Daughters Of Yalta: The Churchills, Roosevelts, and Harrimans “Confirms not only the danger British fascists posed to the nation but also the government’s embarrassing, often inexplicable unwillingness to take steps against them. . . . A cautionary tale for today [when] Democratic institutions are fragile and many of the problems roiling the waters of the ’30s are ascendant again.” — Library Journal “Defense analyst Young explores the pro-Nazi sentiments of 'an influential segment of [Britain’s] elite' in this . . . intriguing history . . . The brisk narrative contains many shocking revelations.” — Publishers Weekly "A fresh analysis of fascism in 1930s Britain. . . . Thanks to newly opened and expanded archives, the author is able to expose a host of fascist-leaning figures during the 1930s, revealing the shockingly broad complacency and complicity among the aristocratic class." — Kirkus Reviews “Hitler’s Girl joins other recently published titles, including Geoffrey Wheatcroft's Churchill’s Shadow (2021), in interrogating the British government’s own racism and postcolonial legacy.” — Booklist “Hitler’s Girl is required reading for anyone interested in the rise of Nazism and in the counter-factual mentioned at the outset. Lauren Young has given us a gift and has also warned us about the times we live in now which in so many ways resemble the period from 1933 to 1938 when Hitler could have been stopped.” — Counter Currents“This timely, readable book raises hugely important questions about how people justify supporting tyrants. In Young’s engaging narrative, what led British aristocrats, such as fascist fanatics Diana and Unity Mitford, to totalitarianism almost 100 years ago resonates with alarming trends we witness today. Attacks on democracy, from January 6th to Ukraine, make understanding authoritarianism most urgent; Hitler’s Girl, sure to be controversial, contributes critical case histories to that essential conversation.” — Carla Kaplan, author of Miss Anne in Harlem “A frank and timely exploration of a seminal era in modern history deserving of more attention. Young's engaging work shines a spotlight on this pivotal moment between the World Wars by bringing some of its most complicated personalities to the fore and thus reminding us that there is always more to discover, even when we think we know the whole story.” — Catherine Grace Katz, author of The Daughters Of Yalta: The Churchills, Roosevelts, and Harrimans “Confirms not only the danger British fascists posed to the nation but also the government’s embarrassing, often inexplicable unwillingness to take steps against them. . . . A cautionary tale for today [when] Democratic institutions are fragile and many of the problems roiling the waters of the ’30s are ascendant again.” — Library Journal “Defense analyst Young explores the pro-Nazi sentiments of 'an influential segment of [Britain’s] elite' in this . . . intriguing history . . . The brisk narrative contains many shocking revelations.” — Publishers Weekly "A fresh analysis of fascism in 1930s Britain. . . . Thanks to newly opened and expanded archives, the author is able to expose a host of fascist-leaning figures during the 1930s, revealing the shockingly broad complacency and complicity among the aristocratic class." — Kirkus Reviews “Hitler’s Girl joins other recently published titles, including Geoffrey Wheatcroft's Churchill’s Shadow (2021), in interrogating the British government’s own racism and postcolonial legacy.” — Booklist “Hitler’s Girl is required reading for anyone interested in the rise of Nazism and in the counter-factual mentioned at the outset. Lauren Young has given us a gift and has also warned us about the times we live in now which in so many ways resemble the period from 1933 to 1938 when Hitler could have been stopped.” — Counter Currents
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The University of Michigan Press Communism DaytoDay
Book SynopsisFirst published in France in 2001, Sandrine Kott’s book examines how East German businesses and government carried out communist practices on a daily basis and how citizens and workers experienced the conditions created by the totalitarian state in their daily lives. Kott undertakes a social analysis of the Communist Party’s grasp on state enterprises and the limits of its power.
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The University of Michigan Press Envisioning Socialism
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Penguin Young Readers Live Not by Lies A Manual for Christian
Book SynopsisThe New York Times bestselling author of The Benedict Option draws on the wisdom of Christian survivors of Soviet persecution to warn American Christians of approaching dangers.For years, émigrés from the former Soviet bloc have been telling Rod Dreher they see telltale signs of soft totalitarianism cropping up in America--something more Brave New World than Nineteen Eighty-Four. Identity politics are beginning to encroach on every aspect of life. Civil liberties are increasingly seen as a threat to safety. Progressives marginalize conservative, traditional Christians, and other dissenters. Technology and consumerism hasten the possibility of a corporate surveillance state. And the pandemic, having put millions out of work, leaves our country especially vulnerable to demagogic manipulation.In Live Not By Lies, Dreher amplifies the alarm sounded by the brave men and women who fought totalitarianism. He explai
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Hoover Institution Press,U.S. North Korea after KimIl Sung Continuity or Change
Book SynopsisInternational scholars debate the state of change or continuity in North Korea's post-Kim II Sung regime - shedding light on one of the world's most closed societies, its potential to adapt to post-cold war realities, and the prospects for a peaceful and stable Korean peninsula.
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National Geographic Society The Good Kings
Book SynopsisWritten in the tradition of historians like Mary Beard and Stacy Schiff who find modern lessons in ancient history, this provocative narrative explores the lives of five remarkable pharaohs who ruled Egypt with absolute power, shining a new light on the country's 3,000-year empire and its meaning today. In a new era when democracies around the world are threatened or crumbling, best-selling author Kara Cooney turns to five ancient Egyptian pharaohs--Khufu, Senwosret III, Akenhaten, Ramses II, and Taharqa--to understand why many so often give up power to the few, and what it can mean for our future. As the first centralized political power on earth, the pharaohs and their process of divine kingship can tell us a lot about the world's politics, past and present. Every animal-headed god, every monumental temple, every pyramid, every tomb, offers extraordinary insight into a culture that combined deeply held religious beliefs with uniquely huma
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