DICTATORSHIP

WHO HOLDS THE POWER

• Either a single leader or a small group of leaders.
• Some dictators are chosen by election but once elected, the ruler changes the political system.

WHAT ARE THE RULES

• The dictator(s) make the rules.
• Only one political party is allowed to exist.

MAJOR PRINCIPLES

• One leader or group of leaders
• Racialism
• Glorification of war
• National glorification
• Citizens have an absence of liberty

MAJOR PRINCIPLES (CONT.)

• No freedom of speech
• All agencies like schooling, radio, papers, films, and propaganda are controlled by the state
• Citizens do not have a say in what they want in their govt.

EXAMPLES

• Italy
• Dictator: Mussolini
• Duration: (1922-1943)
• He was successful for about 20 years.
• Threatened a March on Rome if not accepted into the cabinet. The electrification of the Italian countryside.

EXAMPLES (CONT.)

• France
• Dictator: Napolean Bonaparte
• Duration: 1790s- early 1800s
• He was successful.
• Napoleonic Wars, mass conscription, continuous efforts to expand his empire.

EXAMPLES (CONT.)

• Commonwealth of England
• Dictator: Oliver Cromwell
• Duration: 1649-1658
• Was not successful.
• His army was his only strength. Eventually Rump Parliament took over.

SOURCES

• Allsbrook T., John. "Naoploen Bonaparte's Peak of Military Success, Ulm and Austerlitz" studentpulse.com. Student Pulse. 2012. Webpage. September 29, 2014