Dictatorships

This series explores not just the history of dictatorships and the personalities behind them but also the mechanisms the dictators used to establish power and control their populations, including the media, military, and courts. The series also explores the consequences of dictatorships on both the ruled countries’ population, as well as their influence on global politics.

Cover: Muammar al-Qaddafi's Libya, 2nd Edition
Cover: Kim Jong Il's North Korea, 2nd Edition
Cover: Saddam Hussein's Iraq, 2nd Edition
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The Assads' Syria, 2nd Edition
Augusto Pinochet's Chile, 2nd Edition
Fidel Castro's Cuba. 2nd Edition
Kim Jong Il's North Korea, 2nd Edition
Mao Zedong's China, 2nd Edition
Muammar al-Qaddafi's Libya, 2nd Edition
Omar al-Bashir's Sudan, 2nd Edition
Pol Pot's Cambodia, 2nd Edition
Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe, 2nd Edition
Saddam Hussein's Iraq, 2nd Edition
Slobodan Milosevic's Yugoslavia, 2nd Edition
Than Shwe's Burma, 2nd Edition
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