Dictators, Democracy, and American Public Culture

Name: Dictators, Democracy, and American Public Culture
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783634Dictators, Democracy, and American Public Culturehttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/dictators-democracy-and-american-public-culture/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/485409/497d869a-5c14-47a9-8c6d-cc6678572351.jpg?v=638335004292230000551580MXNThe University of North Carolina PressInStock/Ebooks/Focusing on portrayals of Mussolinis Italy, Hitlers Germany, and Stalins Russia in U.S. films, magazine and newspaper articles, books, plays, speeches, and other texts, Benjamin Alpers traces changing American understandings of dictatorship from the late 1920s through the early years of the Cold War.During the early 1930s, most Americans conception of dictatorship focused on the dictator. Whether viewed as heroic or horrific, the dictator was represented as a figure of great, masculine power and effectiveness. As the Great Depression gripped the United States, a few people including conservative members of the press and some Hollywood filmmakers even dared to suggest that dictatorship might be the answer to Americas social problems.In the late 1930s, American explanations of dictatorship shifted focus from individual leaders to the movements that empowered them. Totalitarianism became the image against which a view of democracy emphasizing tolerance and pluralism and disparaging mass movements developed. First used to describe dictatorships of both right and left, the term totalitarianism fell out of use upon the U.S. entry into World War II. With the wars end and the collapse of the U.S.-Soviet alliance, however, concerns about totalitarianism lay the foundation for the emerging Cold War....781137Dictators, Democracy, and American Public Culture551580https://www.gandhi.com.mx/dictators-democracy-and-american-public-culture/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/485409/497d869a-5c14-47a9-8c6d-cc6678572351.jpg?v=638335004292230000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20039780807861226_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_Focusing on portrayals of Mussolinis Italy, Hitlers Germany, and Stalins Russia in U.S. films, magazine and newspaper articles, books, plays, speeches, and other texts, Benjamin Alpers traces changing American understandings of dictatorship from the late 1920s through the early years of the Cold War.During the early 1930s, most Americans conception of dictatorship focused on the dictator. Whether viewed as heroic or horrific, the dictator was represented as a figure of great, masculine power and effectiveness. As the Great Depression gripped the United States, a few people--including conservative members of the press and some Hollywood filmmakers--even dared to suggest that dictatorship might be the answer to Americas social problems.In the late 1930s, American explanations of dictatorship shifted focus from individual leaders to the movements that empowered them. Totalitarianism became the image against which a view of democracy emphasizing tolerance and pluralism and disparaging mass movements developed. First used to describe dictatorships of both right and left, the term totalitarianism fell out of use upon the U.S. entry into World War II. With the wars end and the collapse of the U.S.-Soviet alliance, however, concerns about totalitarianism lay the foundation for the emerging Cold War....(*_*)9780807861226_Focusing on portrayals of Mussolinis Italy, Hitlers Germany, and Stalins Russia in U.S. films, magazine and newspaper articles, books, plays, speeches, and other texts, Benjamin Alpers traces changing American understandings of dictatorship from the late 1920s through the early years of the Cold War.During the early 1930s, most Americans conception of dictatorship focused on the dictator. Whether viewed as heroic or horrific, the dictator was represented as a figure of great, masculine power and effectiveness. As the Great Depression gripped the United States, a few people including conservative members of the press and some Hollywood filmmakers even dared to suggest that dictatorship might be the answer to Americas social problems.In the late 1930s, American explanations of dictatorship shifted focus from individual leaders to the movements that empowered them. Totalitarianism became the image against which a view of democracy emphasizing tolerance and pluralism and disparaging mass movements developed. First used to describe dictatorships of both right and left, the term totalitarianism fell out of use upon the U.S. entry into World War II. With the wars end and the collapse of the U.S.-Soviet alliance, however, concerns about totalitarianism lay the foundation for the emerging Cold War....9780807861226_The University of North Carolina Presslibro_electonico_ac527627-5216-339b-b147-b479f9dfe694_9780807861226;9780807861226_9780807861226Benjamin L.InglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/ingram30-epub-170c1d23-3460-4604-a5be-1c88e5ef9b74.epub2003-10-16T00:00:00+00:00The University of North Carolina Press