The Rise of Totalitarian Rulers
1920's and 1930's

At school or in a public library, begin by using the Computer Catalog (Lemon Bay's OPAC)
to do a Subject Search using the following

Search Terms -
Dictators
Communism
Fascism
Name of Individuals (ex. Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin)

Call Numbers for Books on this subject are usually
943.08 or 947.08 or 952.03 or 321.9
See Also: Biographies

General Encyclopedias are a good starting place to get basic, background information about a subject.
Use the Index (usually the last volume) to locate your subject.

The following sets of encyclopedias are available in our media center:
  • The World Book Encyclopedia
  • Encyclopedia Britannica
  • Compton's Encyclopedia

    • Print Resources - Circulating Books:
    Shadow of the Dictators: Time Frame AD 1925-1950 - 909.82 SHA
    Icons of the Century - 920 TAB
    The third Reich: Day by Day - 940.54 AIL
    The Twisted Dream - 943.08 TWI
    Hitler and the Germans - 943.086 GRA
    Before the Revolution: A View of Russia Under the Last Tsar - 947.08 BEF
    The Russian Revolution - 947.084 DUN
    The Rise of the Soviet Union - 947.084 RIS
    The Psychopathic God: Adolf Hitler - B HITLER
    Benito Mussolini - B MUSSOLINI
    Joseph Stalin - B STALIN
    Modern Japan - 952.03 NAR The Cambridge Illustrated History of Germany - 943 KIT
    Cambridge Encyclopedia of Russia and the Soviet Union - 947.003 CAM

    Grolier Library of World War 1, Vol 8 - REF 940.3 GRO
    Great Lives from History: Twentieth Century Series - REF 920 GRE 20th Century - REF 909.82 TWE

    Online Databases -
    If you plan on accessing these sites from home,
    be sure to ask the media specialists for the password-you'll need it!
    Grolier Multimedia Online
    eLibrary

    Websites -

    The History Place - Rise of Adolf Hitler Http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/riseofhitler
    The Rise of Adolf Hitler - http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/wwtwo/hitler_01.shtml
    What is Fascism, 1932? - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/mussolini-fascism.html
    The History Channel : Stalin, Joseph Vissarionovich - http://www.thehistorychannel.com/perl/print_book.pl?ID=114682
    The History Channel : Mussolini, Benito - http://www.thehistorychannel.com/perl/print_book.pl?ID=102773
    Internet Modern History Sourcebook - Facism in Europe - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook42.html
    Time Asia : Emperor Hirohito - http://www.time.com/time/asia/asia/magazine/1999/990823/hirohito1.html
    Emperor Hirohito - http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WWhirohito.htm

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