{"product_id":"hitler-stalin-and-mussolini-9781118765920","title":"Hitler Stalin and Mussolini","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fourth edition of \u003ci\u003eHitler, Stalin, and Mussolini: Totalitarianism in the Twentieth Century\u003c\/i\u003e presents an innovative comparison of the origins, development, and demise of the three forms of totalitarianism that emerged in twentieth-century Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eRepresents the only book that systematically compares all three infamous dictators of the twentieth century\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides the latest scholarship on the wartime goals of Hitler and Stalin as well as new information on the disintegration of the Soviet empire\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCompares the early lives of Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini, their ideologies, rise to and consolidation of power, and the organization and workings of their dictatorships\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures topics organized by themes rather than strictly chronologically\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes a wealth of visual material to support the text, as well as a thorough Bibliographical Essay compiled by the author\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Maps x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Plates xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 The Ideological Foundations 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDefinitions of Totalitarianism 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMarxism – Leninism – Stalinism 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFascism and Nazism 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 The Seizure of Power 12\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRussia on the Eve of Revolution 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Establishment of the Soviet Dictatorship 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Failure of Liberal Italy 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Birth and Triumph of Fascism 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGermany and the Impact of World War I 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Weimar Republic and the Rise of the Nazi Movement 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Great Depression and the Nazi Takeover 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Personalities and Policies of the Dictators 51\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStalin’s Youth and Early Career 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStalin the Demigod 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMussolini: The Young Socialist 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Duce: Strengths and Weaknesses 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Young Hitler 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHitler: The Chaotic Dictator 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHitler’s Private Life and Relations with Women 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Totalitarian Economies 77\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe End of the New Economic Policy 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStalin’s War against the Peasants 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe First Five-Year Plan and Industrialization 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Fascist Economy 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Economy of National Socialist Germany 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Propaganda, Culture, and Education 102\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Limitations of Propaganda 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSoviet Propaganda 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFascist Propaganda 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNazi Propaganda 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTotalitarian Culture 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSoviet Education 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEducation in the Fascist States 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYouth Groups 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Family Values and Health 134\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Conservative Trend in Values 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSoviet Women: The Mixed Blessings of Emancipation 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFascist Italy: The Failure of Antifeminism 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWomen in Nazi Germany: Kinder, Kirche, und Küche? 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHealth and Eugenics in Nazi Germany 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReligion: The Basic Incompatibility 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Totalitarian Terror 162\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Great Purges in the Soviet Union 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTerror and Persecution in the Fascist States 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Persecution of Jews 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 The Era of Traditional Diplomacy and War, 1933–1941 187\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHitler’s Foreign Policy Strategy 188\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHitler as “Peace Lover,” 1933–1935 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom Ethiopia to Spain: Fascist Italy at War 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAustria and Czechoslovakia: Hitler’s First Conquests 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Approach of War 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Blitzkrieg Campaigns 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Italian Intervention 216\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Total War, 1941–1945 223\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHitler Turns East 226\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStalin’s Preparations for War 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Russian Campaign in 1941 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHitler and the Untermenschen 238\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHitler and Stalin as War Lords 242\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Fall of Fascism 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe German Home Front 253\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe War in the West 256\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe End of the Third Reich 260\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 The Collapse of Soviet Totalitarianism 266\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStalin’s Last Years, 1945–1953 267\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Khrushchev Era 271\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReaction and Reform: From Brezhnev to Gorbachev 275\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems of the Soviet Economy and Society 279\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSoviet Women in the Last Years of the Regime 282\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSoviet Society in the 1980s: The Balance Sheet 285\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Revolt of the Satellites and the Disintegration of the Soviet Union 286\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe End of Soviet Totalitarianism 289\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Lessons and Prospects 292\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Triumph of Dogmatism 294\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Structural Flaws of Totalitarianism 295\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Totalitarian Legacy 300\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliographical Essay 308\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 338\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406918492503,"sku":"9781118765920","price":26.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781118765920.jpg?v=1730497556","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/hitler-stalin-and-mussolini-9781118765920","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}