Modern Tyrants: The Power and Prevalence of Evil in Our AgeAlong with its much vaunted progress in scientific and economic realms, the twentieth century has witnessed the rise of the most brutal and oppressive regimes in the history of humankind. Even with the collapse of Marxism, current instances of "ethnic cleansing" remind us that tyranny persists in our own age and shows no sign of abating. Daniel Chirot offers an important and timely study of modern tyrants, both revealing the forces that allow them to come to power and helping us to predict where they may arise in the future.Along with its much vaunted progress in scientific and economic realms, the twentieth century has witnessed the rise of the most brutal and oppressive regimes in the history of humankind. Even with the collapse of Marxism, current instances of "ethnic cleansing" remind us that tyranny persists in our own age and shows no sign of abating. Daniel Chirot offers an important and timely study of modern tyrants, both revealing the forces that allow them to come to power and helping us to predict where they may arise in the future. |
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Cumings has written that, despite the cultural and historical differences between
Russia and Korea: Stalinist ideology did have one ... After the Korean War South
Korea, as it happens, also pushed heavy industrialization, and a high degree of ...
Cumings has written that, despite the cultural and historical differences between
Russia and Korea: Stalinist ideology did have one ... After the Korean War South
Korea, as it happens, also pushed heavy industrialization, and a high degree of ...
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... despite very different histories, cultures, and geographic situations, seemed to
have a peculiar affinity for each other.8 Yet, in the case of Romania, communism
was not only imposed by the Soviet army, but, unlike in North Korea, its leaders ...
... despite very different histories, cultures, and geographic situations, seemed to
have a peculiar affinity for each other.8 Yet, in the case of Romania, communism
was not only imposed by the Soviet army, but, unlike in North Korea, its leaders ...
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Some wanted to be assimilated as Japanese. After World War II, they stayed
because of the unsettled conditions and poverty at home. After the Korean War,
and particularly in the 1960s and 1970s, the North Korean government made
great ...
Some wanted to be assimilated as Japanese. After World War II, they stayed
because of the unsettled conditions and poverty at home. After the Korean War,
and particularly in the 1960s and 1970s, the North Korean government made
great ...
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Recenzja użytkownika - KirkusA well-informed, convincing analysis of the most oppressive regimes of our century and what we can learn from them for the future, by Chirot (Political science/Northwestern; Social Change in the ... Przeczytaj pełną recenzję
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| Tytuł | Modern Tyrants: The Power and Prevalence of Evil in Our Age |
| Autor | Daniel Chirot |
| Wydanie | ilustrowane |
| Wydawca | Free Press, 1994 |
| W formie oryginalnej | Uniwersytet Michigan |
| W formie cyfrowej | 13 Paź 2008 |
| ISBN | 002905477X, 9780029054772 |
| Liczba stron | 496 |
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