Historic documents of totalitarianism : the essential primary sources.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eric Cunningham

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Totalitarianism--History.

Totalitarianism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 151 pages)

Place of Publication:

Dallas, Texas : Schlager, [2025]

Summary:

This volume explores critical aspects of the rise and expansion of totalitarian movements through key primary documents, from letters and speeches to government documents. Overview articles provide important context to the era, while the curated selection of documents make the volume a good starting point for historical research.

Contents:

Totalitarianism

Communism in the Soviet Union

Fascism in Western Europe

Totalitarianism as anti-modernity

Vladimir Lenin : what is to be done?

Rudolf Steiner : theosophy

John Reed : "Soviets in action"

Clara Zetkin : "Organising working women"

Adolf Hitler : Mein Kampf

José Ortega y Gasset : the revolt of the masses

Sigmund Freud : civilization and its discontents

Benito Mussolini : "The doctrine of fascism"

Joseph Stalin : "Results of the first five-year plan"

Rudolf Hess : oath to Adolf Hitler

Leon Trotsky : "I stake my life!"

Munich pact

Reinhard Heydrich : memorandum concerning Kristallnacht

Treaty of non-aggression between Germany and the union of Soviet socialist republics

Neville Chamberlain : speech on Germany's invasion of Poland

Liu Shaoqi : how to be a good communist

Vyacheslav Molotov : address on Germany's invasion of Russia

Cardinal Clemens von Galen : "Against Nazi euthanasia"

John W. Pehle and John J. McCloy : debate about the bombing of Auschwitz

Declaration regarding the defeat of Germany

Robert H. Jackson : opening statement before the international military tribunal, Nuremberg, Germany

Mao Zedong : "On the people's democratic dictatorship"

Mao Zedong : "On the co-operative transformation of agriculture."

ISBN:

1-961844-41-9

OCLC:

1553678042