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The Dictators: Hitler's Germany, Stalin's Russia
Door Richard Overy
Categorie | Algemeen Geschiedenis |
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Boeknummer | #351790-ZB18 |
Titel | The Dictators: Hitler's Germany, Stalin's Russia |
Auteur | Overy, Richard |
Boektype | Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag |
Uitgeverij | London : Allen Lane |
Jaar van uitgave | 2004 |
ISBN10 | 071399309X |
Taal | Engels |
Beschrijving | Original boards, dust jacket, photographs in b/w, 8vo. |
Samenvatting | Half a century after their deaths, the dictatorships of Stalin and Hitler still cast a long and terrible shadow over the modern world. They were the most destructive and lethal regimes in history, murdering millions. They fought the largest and costliest war in all history. Yet millions of Germans and Russians enthusiastically supported them and the values they stood for. In this first major study of the dictatorships side by side Richard Overy sets out to answer the questions... - How was dictatorship possible? - How did they function? - What was the bond that tied dictator and people so powerfully together? He paints a powerful and vivid account of the different ways in which Hitler and Stalin rose to power, and abused and dominated their people. It is a chilling analysis of powerful... (Lees verder) ideals corrupted by the vanity of ambitious and unscrupulous men. |
Pagina's | 848 |
Conditie | Goed |
Prijs | € 15,00 |
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