Modern TyrantsSimon and Schuster, 7 lut 1994 - 496 Along with its much vaunted progress in scientific and economic realms, our century has witnessed the rise of the most brutal and oppressive regimes in the history of mankind. Even with the collapse of Marxism, current references to “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 which allow them to come to power and helping us to predict where they may arise in the future. Tyrannical rule typically begins in an economically depressed and unstable society with no real tradition of democratic government. Under such circumstances, a self-pitying nationalism often arises along with a widespread popular perception among the citizenry that grave injustices have been committed against them. When a charismatic leader is able to exploit this situation, he may sanction unspeakable atrocities while claiming to uphold cherished national myths. Chriot analyzes the careers and characters of notorious dictators such as Stalin, Hitler, Mao, and Saddam, as well as lesser known tyrants such as Kim II Sung of North Korea, Ne Win of Burma, Argentina’s Peron, the Dominican Republic’s Trujillo, Pol Pot, Duvalier, and others. He demonstrates how they can survive the rise and fall of particular ideologies and reveals the frightening new marriages between nationalism and a host of local concerns. The lesson drawn is stark and disturbing: the age of modern tyranny is upon us, and unlikely to fade soon. |
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... The state came to be viewed as the private domain of the ruler, and the people as mere tools of his power, hardly superior to domestic animals. Peter the Great of Russia, who lived from 1672 to 1725, humiliated and terrorized.
... The state came to be viewed as the private domain of the ruler, and the people as mere tools of his power, hardly superior to domestic animals. Peter the Great of Russia, who lived from 1672 to 1725, humiliated and terrorized.
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Daniel Chirot. Russia, who lived from 1672 to 1725, humiliated and terrorized his nobles, maintained Russia's peasants in the strictest bondage, and murdered his son in a drunken rage, justified his life in this way: The Russian nation ...
Daniel Chirot. Russia, who lived from 1672 to 1725, humiliated and terrorized his nobles, maintained Russia's peasants in the strictest bondage, and murdered his son in a drunken rage, justified his life in this way: The Russian nation ...
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... Russia during their gigantic internal wars which accompanied the seizure of power by the communists. Well over a million died in the civil war that raged in Vietnam at the same time that the French, and later the Americans, were ...
... Russia during their gigantic internal wars which accompanied the seizure of power by the communists. Well over a million died in the civil war that raged in Vietnam at the same time that the French, and later the Americans, were ...
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... Russia was similar. As higher education was developed in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to train a service aristocracy capable of running this vast empire, the elite were taught that theirs was an inherently superior nation ...
... Russia was similar. As higher education was developed in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to train a service aristocracy capable of running this vast empire, the elite were taught that theirs was an inherently superior nation ...
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... Russia, the model could be presented as a way of leaping over capitalist nations. For nationalists from backward countries all over the world, MarxismLeninism promised the benefits of economic development without the defects of ...
... Russia, the model could be presented as a way of leaping over capitalist nations. For nationalists from backward countries all over the world, MarxismLeninism promised the benefits of economic development without the defects of ...
Spis treści
In the Beginning Was the Word | |
Death Lies and Decay | |
A Typological Map of Tyranny | |
Little Stalins? | |
Little Hitlers? | |
Some Propositions Lessons and Predictions about Tyranny | |
Notes | |
Bibliography | |
Index | |
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