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Dictators, democracy, and American public culture [electronic resource] : envisioning the totalitarian enemy, 1920s-1950s / Benjamin L. Alpers.

By: Alpers, Benjamin Leontief, 1965-.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Series: Cultural studies of the United States: Publisher: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2003Description: x, 405 p. ; 25 cm.Subject(s): Dictatorship | Democracy | Mass media -- United States -- Influence | Public opinion -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 321.9 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
The romance of a dictator : dictatorship in American public culture, 1920s-1935 -- The totalitarian state : modern dictatorship as a new form of government, 1920s-1935 -- The disappearing dictator : declining regard for dictators amid growing fears of dictatorship, 1936-1941 -- The audience itself is the drama : dictatorship and the regimented crowd, 1936-1941 -- Dictator isms and our democracy : the rise of totalitarianism, 1936-1941 -- This is the army : the problem of the military in a democracy, 1941-1945 -- Here is Germany : understanding the Nazi enemy, 1941-1945 -- The battle of Russia : the Russian people, communism, and totalitarianism, 1941-1945 -- A boot stamping on a human face--forever : totalitarianism as nightmare in postwar America.
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321.9 (Browse shelf) Available

Includes bibliographical references (p. [347]-379) and index.

The romance of a dictator : dictatorship in American public culture, 1920s-1935 -- The totalitarian state : modern dictatorship as a new form of government, 1920s-1935 -- The disappearing dictator : declining regard for dictators amid growing fears of dictatorship, 1936-1941 -- The audience itself is the drama : dictatorship and the regimented crowd, 1936-1941 -- Dictator isms and our democracy : the rise of totalitarianism, 1936-1941 -- This is the army : the problem of the military in a democracy, 1941-1945 -- Here is Germany : understanding the Nazi enemy, 1941-1945 -- The battle of Russia : the Russian people, communism, and totalitarianism, 1941-1945 -- A boot stamping on a human face--forever : totalitarianism as nightmare in postwar America.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.