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• 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