Table of Contents

1. Seedbed of the Dictatorships

2. The Victory of Leninism

3. Establishment of Mussolini's Dictatorship in Italy, 1919-1929

4. Beleagured Democracy in Germany, 1919-1929

5. Dictatorships in the Iberian Peninsula and the Successor States

6. Assessment of European Dictatorships in the 1920s

7. The Rise of Hitler and the 3rd Reich, 1930-1939

8. Stalinist Russia, 1930-1941

9. Italian Fascism in the 1930s

10. The Rise of General Franco

11. Authoritarian Regimes During the High Noon of Fascism

12. Dictatorships in the 1930s: An Assessment

13. Nazism at War

14. Collapse of Italian Fascism

15. Triumph of Stalinism, 1941-1953

16. Spain and Portugal: Dictatorships that Survived, 1940-1953

17. Conclusion

Glossary

Who's Who

Bibliography

Index

Promotional Information

A comparative history of European Dictators in the twentieth century.

About the Author

D.G. Williamson was formerly Head of History at Highgate School.