Montero, Rosa
Summary: "Hablar de algunos de los tiranos mas conocidos del siglo XX a traves de la vision de sus esposas, amantes e hijas, y del lugar que la mujer ocupaba en sus proyectos megalomaniacos, es poder ahondar en la historia europea desde otra perspectiva y ampliar la comprension de las tragedias sociales por medio del analisis de las tragedias domesticas. Es como meterse por la puerta de atras de las...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Debols!llo 2017
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 468.4 MONDavis, Kenneth C.
Summary: "A nonfiction account of some of the deadliest dictators in modern history." --publisher
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Square Fish/Henry Holt and Company 2022
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1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 920 DAVDikötter, Frank
Summary: Mussolini, Hitler, Stalin, Mao Zedong, Kim Il-sung, Ceausescu, Mengistu of Ethiopia and Duvalier of Haiti. 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. A tyrant who can compel his own people to acclaim him will last longer. The paradox of the modern dictator is that he must create the illusion of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 321.9 DIKSummary: From Mussolini to Saddam Hussein, dictators have shaped the world we live in. How did they seize and wield power? What forces rose up against them or resisted them in secret? How did they finally come to the bitter end? This series answers those questions in six immersive hours, each a revealing portrait of brutality and power.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Distribution 2019
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV DICTsao, Vincent
Summary: "JUNTA is the game of power, intrigue, money and revolution in in an all too familiar banana republic. In this multi-player game, the players, as the ruling families of la Republica, connive, cajole, threaten and ally their way to the fattest Swiss bank account. Players and critics alike have recognized JUNTA as a classic among games. The Washington Post praised the tense, fun play, GAMES...
Format: three dimensional object
Publisher / Publication Date: West End Games 1985