Origins & Development of Authoritarian & Single-Party States

Origins & Development of Authoritarian & Single-Party States
Access to History for the IB Diploma

By Michael Lynch
April 2013
Hodder Education
Distributed by Trans-Atlantic Publications
ISBN: 9781444156447

356 pages, Illustrated
$53.50 Paper original

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- Ensures students gain a good understanding of the IB History topic through an engaging, in-depth, reliable and up-to-date narrative - presented in an accessible way.

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- Gives students guidance on answering exam-style questions with model answers and practice questions

Table of Contents:
Introduction
1 What you will study
2 How you will be assessed
3 About the book
Chapter 1 Authoritarian and single-party states
1 Political terms
2 The development of authoritarianism and totalitarianism
Chapter 2 The USSR under Joseph Stalin, 1924-53
1 Stalin's rise to power, 1924-29
2 Stalin's establishment of an authoritarian state
3 Stalin's domestic policies and their impact, 1929-53
4 Key debate
Examination practice and activities
Chapter 3 Germany under Adolf Hitler, 1933-45
1 Hitler's rise to power, 1919-33
2 Hitler's establishment of an authoritarian state
3 Hitler's domestic policies and their impact, 1933-45
4 Key debate
Examination practice and activities
Chapter 4 China under Mao Zedong, 1949-76
1 Mao's rise to power, 1911-49
2 Mao's establishment of an authoritarian state
3 Life in China under Mao, 1949-76
4 Key debate
Examination practice and activities
Chapter 5 Communism, Nazism and Maoism - a comparison
1 Comparing Stalin's Soviet Union, Hitler's Germany and Mao's China
2 Interpretations of authoritarianism and totalitarianism
Examination practice and activities
Chapter 6 Egypt under Gamal Abdel Nasser, 1952-70
1 Nasser's rise to power, 1935-54
2 Nasser's establishment of an authoritarian state
3 Nasser's domestic policies and their impact
4 Key debate
Examination practice and activities
Chapter 7 Cuba under Fidel Castro, 1959-2008
1 Castro's rise to power
2 Castro's establishment of an authoritarian state
3 Life in Cuba under Castro, 1959-2006
4 Key debate
Examination practice and activities
Chapter 8 Argentina under Juan Peron, 1946-74
1 Peron's rise to power
2 Peron's establishment of an authoritarian state
3 Life in Argentina under Peron, 1943-74
4 Key debate
Examination practice and activities
Chapter 9 Tanzania under Julius Nyerere, 1961-85
1 Nyerere's rise to power, 1929-61
2 Nyerere's control of Tanzania
3 Life in Tanzania under Nyerere, 1961-85
4 Key debate
Examination practice and activities
Chapter 10 Examination guidance
1 Preparing for Paper 2 examination questions
2 Examination answer
Examination practice
Glossary
Further Reading
Internal assessment