About the Book
European Dictatorships, 1918-45 surveys the extraordinary circumstances leading to, and arising from, the transformation of over half of Europe's states to dictatorships between the First and the Second World Wars. From the notorious dictatorships of Mussolini, Hitler and Stalin to less well-known states and leaders, Stephen J. Lee scrutinizes the experiences of Russia, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal and central and eastern European states.
This third edition has been revised throughout to include recent historical research, and has expanded sections on the setting for dictatorships and comparisons between them. There are more detailed discussions of Mussolini, Hitler and Holocaust and an entirely new survey of Turkey. This edition also includes a completely new chapter on types of dictatorship which explores both the meaning and the widely different forms it can take.
Extensively illustrated with photographs, maps and diagrams, European Dictatorships, 1918-1945 is a clear, detailed and highly accessible analysis of the tumultuous events of early twentieth-century Europe.