Articles related to "Dictator"

Benito Mussolini seized control of the Italian Government in 1922 established his Italian Secret Police and would hold a vice-like stranglehold on Italy for 21 years.

The 20th century has seen the rise and fall of some of the most evil dictators in history. They gained power shrewdly and maintained it through cruelty and violence.

In the 1930s and 1940s, Hollywood was the dominant force in cinematic terms. It had the largest and most powerful studios, churning out films by the biggest stars.

The Last King of Scotland gives us a glimpse into the unusual life of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin.

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The Romanian communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena were sentenced to death by a military tribunal and were executed on Christmas Day 1989.

Fidel Castro is one of the 20th centuries most recognisable figures. After near nuclear war in 1962, Castro allied Cuba to the USSR and set about building communism.

Mussolini, known as Il Duce was an Italian dictator who created a fascist ideology and influenced a number of political figures during the second World War.

A secretary, a nurse, an aide and a bodyguard talk to the press about the last hours of Nazi dictator, Adolf Hitler, in the final days of World War II.

Sebastiao de Melo, son of a country squire became the most powerful man in Portugal

Religious leaders in Zimbabwe have become more critical of Robert Mugabe, culminating in an open letter written to the president over Easter. But Mugabe now fires back.

The Persian Gulf war was a situation in which the military planned for the worst so well, their plan failed to factor in overwhelming success.

House rejoins the team (in limited capacity) to help treat a controversial African dictator.

Return to the Middle Kingdom offers an insiders view of the birth of Chinese communism.

Saddam Hussein was a notorious dictator with an Inner Circle of family who portray him with a fresh perspective on the new HBO mini-series House of Saddam

Erich Kaestner (1899 -1974), a journalist, novelist, dramatist and poet, whose books were banned under the Nazi regime, is best known for his charming children's books.

When Hitler came to power in 1933 it was not by a majority vote. In spite of this his strength as a leader lay in the German nation's ecstatic belief in the Fuehrer.

Ever wonder how cruel leaders stay in power for so long, despite the fact that the people want them out? The answer lays in the way a population is sorted.

In a novel that could be retitled Feast of a Ghost, Mario Vargas Llosa tells the stories of people who were involved in the assassination of Dominica's Dictator Trujillo.

The 1st Cavalry Army of General Budyonny was formed in 1918 to give the Red Army a mobile striking force and rapid reaction reserve in the Russian Civil War.

It is the atrocities that a ruler is best remembered for. Pinochet may have been kind to puppies and Maggie Thatcher, but he was also the face of a repressive junta.

He gained control of Uganda in 1971 after Milton Obote was overthrown in a military coup. What followed was a brutal regime of ethnic cleansing and murder.

The 1st Cavalry Army of General Budyonny fought the Whites, Poles, Armenians, Greens, and everyone else in the Russian Civil War.

Centered in the frozen wind-swept White Sea region, a small force of White troops held out against the Reds with the help of a few thousand Interventionist troops.

Formed from mutinous soldiers, armed factory workers and peasant conscripts, the Red Army prevailed through force of arms in the six-year-long Russian Civil War.

Under the protection of the Cossacks and aided by a corps of Interventionists, the AFSR White Army of the South fought for three bloody years until defeated.

With State of Play currently on theatrical release, now is a good time to look at the director's earlier work, best remembered for Forest Witaker's take on Idi Amin.

Lucio Silla (Lucius Sulla), an Italian Drama Opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: plot summary, character list, and other information.

A glimmer of hope is on the horizon for Kenyans as the long drought that had faced the country is about to come to an end as predicted by the Meteorological Department.

Character actor Keith David (Crash, Delta Farce) has signed on as the villain in Disney's The Princess and the Frog.

In Romania's capital, there are sites linked to the country's former dictator. Here are some facts on the world's second biggest government building and more.

For nearly a quarter-century, Saddam Hussein ruled over Iraq as a dictator who admired Stalin and modeled his revolutionary regime on that of the feared Soviet tyrant.

Errol Flynn traveled to Cuba for many years to enjoy the Havana night life. He was drawn in by the Cuban Revolution and support for Fidel Castro, which he came to regret.

Media reports about China's foray into Africa suggest a scenario of Africa's complete surrender to China. Some call this the recolonization of Africa.

An early casualty of the Great Depression was the long-decaying Spanish monarchy. Its fall ushered in eight years of dashed hopes ending in war and dictatorship.

All Art Is Propaganda is a collection of critical essays written by George Orwell; covering all manner of cultural significance, from film to books to art to politics.

The rocker tries to get Empresario a win, while Tito Ortiz leads Team Hydra in a challenge for Kodak.

In this episode of House, he and his team treat a reckless police detective after a fall.

The Quran states that oppression is worse than death. As such the Spirit of a Muslim people in the face of oppression cannot be annihilated.

The United States must disassociate itself from the Pakistani President without rupturing its relationship with the Pakistani military.

Rita Dove served as U.S. Poet Laureate (1993-1995). Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, she is Commonwealth Professor of English at the University of Virginia.

Sophocles' lasting influence on drama can't be overstated. His plays based on the life of Oedipus are arguably the finest of Ancient Greek theatre.

Mexican immigrants and new awareness among Native Americans have brought new perspectives to Texas' War for Independence, especially regarding the Alamo.

As Russian soldiers surrounded the ruined city of Berlin, the man who was once revered by millions of Germans was physically frail and psychologically unstable.

Although he was one of the main architects of the revolution that took power in Cuba in 1959, Camilo Cienfuegos is not a well known figure outside the island.

This thought provoking legal thriller is based in Luandia, a fictional Nigeria.

This celebrated writer has experienced much persecution in his home country for his political views and criticism.

Victims of the Spanish Civil War and Franco Spain still lie in unmarked graves. Now, many will be exhumed and may be identified, including Spanish poet Federico Lorca

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