This comprehensive yet succinct history of twentieth century European Dictators stresses both the similairities and differences in each regime.

Written for undergraduate students studying modern European History, this book profiles each dictator and sets them within the context of their time and world events. The social, political, economic and foreign policies of the dictatorships are also analysed.

1. Seedbed of the Dictatorships
2. The Victory of Leninism
3. Establishment of Mussolini's Dictatorship in Italy, 1919-1929
4. Beleagured Democracy in Germany, 1919-1929
5. Dictatorships in the Iberian Peninsula and the Successor States
6. Assessment of European Dictatorships in the 1920s
7. The Rise of Hitler and the 3rd Reich, 1930-1939
8. Stalinist Russia, 1930-1941
9. Italian Fascism in the 1930s
10. The Rise of General Franco
11. Authoritarian Regimes During the High Noon of Fascism
12. Dictatorships in the 1930s: An Assessment
13. Nazism at War
14. Collapse of Italian Fascism
15. Triumph of Stalinism, 1941-1953
16. Spain and Portugal: Dictatorships that Survived, 1940-1953
17. Conclusion
Glossary
Who's Who
Bibliography
Index

David Williamson is former Head of History at Highgate School and lecturer at Bishop Grosseteste College, Lincoln. He is now a freelance lecturer and writer. He is the author of numerous books, including War and Peace: International Relations, 1914-45 and The Third Reich andGermany Since 1918.