The U.S. government has a habit of supporting brutal (and comically outrageous) dictators. This book offers 20 current examples, together with some background o

Throughout the 20th century, the emergence of authoritarian dictatorships in Latin America coincided with periods of social convulsion and economic uncertainty.

Focusing on portrayals of Mussolini's Italy, Hitler's Germany, and Stalin's Russia in U.S. films, magazine and newspaper articles, books, plays, speeches, and o

An award-winning author tells the stories of the audacious American politicians, military commanders, and business executives who took it upon themselves to dep

Explains how dictatorships rise, survive, and fall, along with why some but not all dictators wield vast powers.