Totalitarian Dictatorship and Autocracy

Harvard University Press has partnered with De Gruyter to make available for sale worldwide virtually all in-copyright HUP books that had become unavailable since their original publication. The 2,800 titles in the “e-ditions” program can be purchased individually as PDF eBooks or as hardcover reprint (“print-on-demand”) editions via the “Available from De Gruyter” link above. They are also available to institutions in ten separate subject-area packages that reflect the entire spectrum of the Press’s catalog. More about the E-ditions Program »

Totalitarian Dictatorships and Autocracy identifies the essential aspects of the totalitarian state and discusses the durability and further evolution of totalitarian systems. Friedrich has completely revised the original edition, updating and recasting the chapters where necessary to incorporate recent information, and has added a large amount of new material.