Dictators, democracy, and American public culture envisioning the totalitarian enemy, 1920s-1950s / Benjamin L. Alpers.

Author/creator Alpers, Benjamin Leontief, 1965-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoChapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press,
Descriptionx, 405 p. : 25 cm.
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SeriesCultural studies of the United States
Contents The romance of a dictator : dictatorship in American public culture, 1920s-1935 -- The totalitarian state : modern dictatorship as a new form of government, 1920s-1935 -- The disappearing dictator : declining regard for dictators amid growing fears of dictatorship, 1936-1941 -- The audience itself is the drama : dictatorship and the regimented crowd, 1936-1941 -- Dictator isms and our democracy : the rise of totalitarianism, 1936-1941 -- This is the army : the problem of the military in a democracy, 1941-1945 -- Here is Germany : understanding the Nazi enemy, 1941-1945 -- The battle of Russia : the Russian people, communism, and totalitarianism, 1941-1945 -- A boot stamping on a human face--forever : totalitarianism as nightmare in postwar America.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [347]-379) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2002009193
ISBN0807827509 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0807854166 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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