How to Be a Dictator: The Cult of Personality in the Twentieth Century by Frank Dikötter

How to Be a Dictator: The Cult of Personality in the Twentieth Century

Frank Dikötter

304 pages first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history politics psychology informative fast-paced
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From the Samuel Johnson prize-winning author of Mao's Great Famine, a timely and compelling exploration of the cult of personality that surrounded eight twentieth century dictatorsMussolini, Hitler, Stalin, Mao Zedong, Kim Il-sung, Ceausescu, Meng...

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