Index

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. About the Author and Series Editor XI
3. Foreword to the Second Edition XIII
4. Foreword to the First Edition XV
5. Contents XVII
6. Introduction 1
7. Chapter 1: The Theories of Democratic Breakdown 8
8. Chapter 2: Thymos and Amygdala: Neuropsychology and the Lure of Demagogues 23
9. Chapter 3: Dictators 1919– 1945 39
10. Chapter 4: Dictators During the Cold War 60
11. Chapter 5: Dictatorships and Demagogues after the Fall of the Berlin Wall 84
12. Chapter 6: How Demagogues Get Elected – and Abuse Democracy 96
13. Chapter Seven: The Courts, the Press, and the Dictators 106
14. Chapter 8: What is the Track-Record of Autocratic Regimes? 118
15. Concluding Postscript 134
16. Epilogue to the Second Edition 147
17. Epilogue to the first edition 149
18. Notes 150
19. Index 171