Encyclopedia of Modern Dictators
Subtitle: From Napoleon to the Present
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing
Published: February 14, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9780820450100
Subjects: World - General; History - General History; Encyclopedias; Reference; History; World politics; Authoritarianism; General; 19th century; 20th century
First sentence: Tyrants and dictators who abuse power are not new phenomena; they reach back to the ancient world, and in many respects the evolution of dictatorship parallels that of democracy.