Daniel Chirot

Modern Tyrants

The Power and Prevalence of Evil in Our Age

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Princeton University Press
• Seitenzahl: 516
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Mai 1996
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 775g
• ISBN-13: 9780691027777
• ISBN-10: 0691027773
• Artikelnr.: 21046531

Autorenporträt

Daniel Chirot

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
1
On Modern Tyranny
1
2
Moderation Abandoned
25
3
In the Beginning Was the Word
71
4
Death, Lies, and Decay
121
5
A Typological Map of Tyranny
167
6
Imagined Egalitarian Hells: Maoism and the Khmer Rouge
175
7
Little Stalins? Socialist Corporatism at the Service of the Nation and
the Leader
231
8
Little Hitlers? Elite Fantasies in Argentina and Iraq, and Their
Realization
267
9
An Inadvertent Catastrophe: Burma's Confrontation with Colonialism,
Modern Nationalism, and Ne Win
309
10
Race aud Corruption on the Island of Hispaniola: Two Caribbean
Nightmares
341
11
Colonialism, Resentment, and Chaos: Two African Studies
373
12
Some Propositions, Lessons, and Predictions about Tyranny
403
Notes
429
Bibliography
457
Index
479

Rezensionen

Chirot's approach is both useful and unusual, as it isn't driven by ideology.... His book should be of lasting value as a quick reference to many of the worst regimes of our century.... Chirot's conclusions ... [are] clearly stated and intelligent.