02881nam 22006372u 450 991082334120332120230124181441.0979-88-908706-5-00-8078-6122-7(CKB)111087027917614(EBL)413220(OCoLC)476236288(SSID)ssj0000138536(PQKBManifestationID)11146675(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000138536(PQKBWorkID)10100733(PQKB)10110034(MiAaPQ)EBC413220(EXLCZ)9911108702791761420100913d2003|||| u|| |engtxtccrDictators, democracy, and American public culture envisioning the totalitarian enemy, 1920s-1950sChapel Hill University of North Carolina Press20031 online resource (417 p.)Cultural Studies of the United StatesDescription based upon print version of record.0-8078-2750-9 Contents; Introduction; 1.The Romance of a Dictator: Dictatorship in American Public Culture, 1920's-1935; 2. The Totalitarian State: Modern Dictatorship as a New Form of Government, 1920's–1935; 3. The Disappearing Dictator: Declining Regard for Dictators Amid Growing Fears of Dictatorship, 1936-1941; 4. The Audience Itself is Drama: Dictatorship and the Regimented Crowd, 1936-1941; 5. Dictatorisms and Our Democracy: The Rise of Totalitarianism, 1936-1941; 6. This is the Army: The Problem of the Military in a Democracy, 1941-1945; 7. Here is Germany: Understanding the Nazi Enemy, 1941-19458. The Battle of Russia: The Russian People, Communism, and Totalitarianism, 1941-19459. A Boot Stamping on a Human Face--Forever: Totalitarianism as a Nightmare in Postwar America; Notes; Bibliography; Index;Focusing on portrayals of European dictatorships in US films, magazine and newspaper articles, books, plays, speeches and other texts, this study traces changing American understandings of dictatorship from the late 1920's through to the early years of the Cold War.Cultural Studies of the United StatesDemocracyDictatorshipMass mediaPublic opinionPolitical ScienceSocial ScienceDemocracy.Dictatorship.Mass media.Public opinion.Political Science.Social Science.306.209730904321.9Alpers Benjamin L1621932AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910823341203321Dictators, democracy, and American public culture3955481UNINA