03041nam 22006614a 450 991097041940332120250519175117.097988908706500807827509(cloth : alk. paper)0807854166(pbk. : alk. paper)080782750997808078612260807861227(CKB)111087027917614(EBL)413220(OCoLC)476236288(SSID)ssj0000138536(PQKBManifestationID)11146675(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000138536(PQKBWorkID)10100733(PQKB)10110034(MiAaPQ)EBC413220(Perlego)540016(EXLCZ)9911108702791761420020607d2003 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrDictators, democracy, and American public culture envisioning the totalitarian enemy, 1920s-1950s /Benjamin L. AlpersChapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc2003x, 405p ;25cmCultural studies of the United StatesDescription based upon print version of record.9780807827505 0807827509 Includes bibliographical references (p. [347]-379) and index.The romance of a dictator : dictatorship in American public culture, 1920s-1935 -- The totalitarian state : modern dictatorship as a new form of government, 1920s-1935 -- The disappearing dictator : declining regard for dictators amid growing fears of dictatorship, 1936-1941 -- The audience itself is the drama : dictatorship and the regimented crowd, 1936-1941 -- Dictator isms and our democracy : the rise of totalitarianism, 1936-1941 -- This is the army : the problem of the military in a democracy, 1941-1945 -- Here is Germany : understanding the Nazi enemy, 1941-1945 -- The battle of Russia : the Russian people, communism, and totalitarianism, 1941-1945 -- A boot stamping on a human face--forever : totalitarianism as nightmare in postwar America.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 States.DictatorshipDemocracyMass mediaUnited StatesInfluencePublic opinionUnited StatesDictatorship.Democracy.Mass mediaInfluence.Public opinion321.9Alpers Benjamin Leontief1965-1819650MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910970419403321Dictators, democracy, and American public culture4380102UNINA