Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini: Totalitarianism in the Twentieth Century, 4th Edition - Softcover

"Crisply written and authoritative, Bruce Pauley?s updated edition of this classic text offers students an invaluable comparative account of the three great dictatorships of earlier twentieth century Europe. He takes his readers through the main historical debates while providing considered guidance to the wider literature." -Professor Conan Fischer, University of St Andrews, Scotland "In this new edition of his classic text, Bruce Pauley puts the dominant figures of the horrific first half of twentieth-century Europe into a comparative perspective. Whoever wishes to understand totalitarianism and dictatorship must turn to Pauley?s book. One of the leading experts of European history, he provides his readers with magnificent portraits of the persons responsible for Europe?s darkest period." -Anton Pelinka, Professor of Nationalism Studies and Political Science, Central European University, Budapest

The fourth edition of Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini: Totalitarianism in the Twentieth Century presents an innovative comparison of the origins, development, and demise of the three forms of totalitarianism that emerged in twentieth-century Europe. * Represents the only book that systematically compares all three infamous dictators of the twentieth century * Provides the latest scholarship on the wartime goals of Hitler and Stalin as well as new information on the disintegration of the Soviet empire * Compares the early lives of Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini, their ideologies, rise to and consolidation of power, and the organization and workings of their dictatorships * Features topics organized by themes rather than strictly chronologically * Includes a wealth of visual material to support the text, as well as a thorough Bibliographical Essay compiled by the author