xl, 848 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 653-818) and index.
Contents
Stalin and Hitler : paths to dictatorship -- The art of ruling -- Cults of personality -- The party state -- States of terror -- Constructing utopia -- The moral universe of dictatorship -- Friend and foe : popular responses to dictatorship -- Cultural revolutions -- Commanding the economy -- Military superpowers -- Total war -- Nations and races -- Empire of the camps.