Efnisyfirlit

• Contents
• Introduction
• Topics and exam tips
• Chapter 1: Fidel Castro and Cuba
  • 1.1: The emergence of an authoritarian state
    • Conditions in which Castro emerged – Cuba before the revolution
    • The Cuban Revolution and the emergence of Fidel Castro
    • To what extent did Batista contribute to the success of the revolution and the emergence of Castro?
    • The triumph of the revolution
  • 1.2: Consolidation and maintenance of power
    • The consolidation of power, 1959–62
    • Use of legal methods – the reforms of 1959–62
    • The impact of foreign policy on Castro’s consolidation of power, 1959–62
    • The role of ideology
  • 1.3: Aims and results of Castro’s policies
    • Aims and results of economic policies
    • The aims and impact of social policies
    • The aims and impact of cultural policies
    • Propaganda
    • Aims and impact of political policies and treatment of opposition
    • The impact of foreign policy on Castro’s maintenance of power
    • Castro’s foreign policy after the collapse of the Soviet Union
    • The extent to which Castro achieved authoritarian control
• Chapter 2: Josef Stalin and the Soviet Union
  • 2.1: The emergence of an authoritarian state
    • Stalin’s background and role in the emergence of an authoritarian state in Russia
  • 2.2: Aims and results of Stalin’s policies
    • Stalin’s economic policies
    • Peasants to proletariat
    • The First, Second, and Third Five-Year Plans
    • How did Stalin carry out the Five-Year Plans?
    • Stalin’s social and cultural policies
  • 2.3: Consolidation and maintenance of power
    • What methods did Stalin use to maintain power?
    • The extent to which Stalin achieved authoritarian control
    • An overview of Stalin’s domestic policy
    • Stalin’s foreign policy up to 1941
    • Stalin’s foreign policy from 1941
    • Reasons for Stalin’s victory
    • An overview of Stalin’s foreign policy in his maintenance of power
  • 2.4: Stalin and the Soviet Union after 1945
    • Economic recovery after 1945
    • Domestic policies after 1945 – aims and results
    • Terror and propaganda after 1945
    • Stalin’s role as a world leader
    • The death of Stalin
• Chapter 3: Mao Zedong and China
  • 3.1: The emergence of an authoritarian state
    • Mao’s background and role in the establishment of an authoritarian state in China
    • China and World War I
    • Mao and the emergence of the CPC
    • The Nanjing Decade, 1928–37
    • The emergence of Mao as leader of the CPC
    • The Second United Front, 1936–45
    • The GMD at the end of World War II
    • The Second Chinese Civil War, 1946–49
  • 3.2: Consolidation and maintenance of power
    • Domestic policies and their impact, 1949–76
    • The First Five-Year Plan, 1953–57
    • How did Mao deal with opposition?
    • The Second Five-Year Plan – the Great Leap Forward, 1958–63
    • Mao’s foreign policy
    • Towards the Cultural Revolution
    • The purpose of the Cultural Revolution
    • An unexpected shift in China’s foreign policy
    • The death of Mao
  • 3.3: Assessing Mao as an authoritarian leader
    • What did Mao achieve?
    • Historians’ assessments of Mao
• Chapter 4: Benito Mussolini and Italy
  • 4.1: The emergence of an authoritarian state
    • Historical background of Italy, 1861–1914
    • The emergence of Benito Mussolini
    • The role of Mussolini’s fascist ideology
    • Use of coercion and the March on Rome, October 1922
  • 4.2: Aims and results of Mussolini’s domestic policies
    • Political policies
    • Relations with the Catholic Church– the Lateran Pact
    • Economic policies
    • Propaganda
    • The impact of policies on minorities and women
  • 4.3: The use of foreign policy in Mussolini’s consolidation and maintenance of power
    • To what extent did Mussolini use Italy’s foreign policy to consolidate his power?
    • Foreign policy between 1922 and 1934
    • Foreign policy, 1935–39
  • 4.4: Assessing Benito Mussolini as an authoritarian leader
• Chapter 5: Gamal Abdel Nasser and Egypt
  • 5.1: The emergence of an authoritarian state
    • A brief overview of Egypt up to 1945
    • Egypt and World War II – a state of limited independence
    • Nasser’s early years
    • The Free Officers’ Movement
    • Post-war Egypt
    • The coup of 1952
    • Domestic policies up to 1955
    • Methods used by Nasser to become the leader of Egypt
    • An overview of Nasser’s rise to power
  • 5.2: Consolidation and maintenance of power
    • The impact of foreign policy on the maintenance of power
    • The Suez Crisis, 1956
  • 5.3: Aims and results of Nasser’s policies
    • Domestic policies – Nasser after Suez
    • The UAR, 1958–61 – ‘three-and-a-half years of troubles’
    • Post-UAR – from the National Union to the Arab Socialist Union
    • Economic problems and solutions
    • Foreign policy – Entanglement and defeat
    • The results of Nasser’s social and cultural policies
    • Nasser and the treatment of opposition
    • The personality cult of Nasser
    • Conclusion – Did Nasser achieve his aims?
• Chapter 6: Comparing and contrasting authoritarian states
• Theory of Knowledge
• Further Reading
  • Books and articles
  • Websites
• Glossary
• Index
• Back Cover

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