The path to absolute power
Cults of personality and propaganda
Radical social and economic experiments
The fall, trials, and legacy
schopenhauer Dominican Republic dictator Rafael Trujillo used national monuments and city names to feed his massive ego.
schopenhauer Turkmenistan's dictator Saparmurat Niyazov renamed months and days of the week to honor himself and his family.
schopenhauer Decode the meaning of Mobutu's massive name to learn how dictators crafted their public image.
Bizarre bans: Equatorial Guinea's dictator Francisco Macías Nguema banned the use of the word "intellectual" and closed all libraries.
Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view. Joseph Stalin used state media during the 1930s to present himself as an infallible Soviet leader.
Which Romanian dictator built the Palace of the Parliament, one of the largest administrative buildings in the world?
Which dictator of Zaire banned Western suits and forced citizens to wear a traditional tunic called an abacost?
What was the popular name for the book of quotations published by Chinese leader Mao Zedong in 1964?
North Korea's Juche calendar begins its year count in 1912 to mark the birth of which leader?
Which Haitian dictator, known as 'Papa Doc,' created a terrifying paramilitary force called the Tonton Macoute?
Which Soviet leader was the subject of a massive cult of personality that included renaming the city of Tsaritsyn to Stalingrad?
In 1936, Rafael Trujillo renamed Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic, to what name?
Which dictator of Turkmenistan renamed the month of January after himself and April after his mother?