How to be a dictator : the cult of personality in the twentieth century
"No dictator can rule through fear and violence alone. Naked power can be grabbed and held temporarily, but it never suffices in the long term. In the twentieth century, modern dictators had to create the illusion of popular support without ever resorting to elections. Hundreds of millions of people were condemned to enthusiasm, obliged to hail their leaders even as they were herded down the road to serfdom. In How to Be a Dictator, Frank Dikött...