Autocrats Versus Democracy

Dictators

Under Construction

[Video Introduction of Session]

Course Big Civilization

Session 9 Topics

Topic 1 Socialists
Topic 2 Fascists
Topic 3 Nazis
Topic 4 Communists
Topic 5 Democracies

Other Sessions

YEAR	EVENTS
1848	London: The Communist Manifesto Published
1864	London: First Communist International Meets
1914	Berlin: World War I Begins
1917	St. Petersburg, Russia: Communist Coup Succeeds
1919	Versailles: World War I Ends
1920	Russia: Communists Win Civil War
1921	Shanghai: Mao Zedong Founds Communist Party
1922	Rome: Mussolini Named Prime Minister
1924	Gorki: Lenin Dies
1926	Nanjing: Chaing Kai-Shek Takes Power
1927	Moscow: Stalin Takes Control
1933	Berlin: Hitler Named Chancellor
1933	Washington, D.C.: Roosevelt Inaugurated President
1934	Berlin: Hitler Named President
1934	Berlin: Hitler Is Dictator
1939	Potsdam: World War II Begins
1945	Tokyo Bay: World War II Ends
1955	Warsaw: Warsaw Pact Formed
1957	Baikonur: Sputnik Launched into Orbit
1961	Berlin: Berlin Wall Built
1969	Sea of Tranquility: First Man Lands on Moon
1972	Moscow, Beijing: Detente Between USA, Russia, and China
1989	: Communists Fall in Russia and Eastern Europe
YEAR	EVENTS

Many modern dictators justified their rule by basing it on some sort of ideology.
Socialism and Communism have idealistic goals. The history of their actual experiences has been that they have led to dictatorships, instead.
Democratic ideologies have changed over the years. Tribalism has trumped their principles.

YEAR	TITLE	AUTHOR(s)
1048	Holy Roman Emperor Takes Control of the Papacy	Ferdinand Gregorovius\| \|Joseph Darras
1054	Orthodox, Catholics Split	Henry F. Tozer\| \|Joseph Deharbe
1066	Battle of Hastings	Sir Edward Creasy
YEAR	TITLE	AUTHOR(s)