History 208W: Historical Research and Methods Seminar: Dictatorship in Europe in the 20th Century
Eric Ruark
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- Britannica
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- Encyclopaedia Judaica, 2nd edition.
- Coppa, Frank J., ed. Encyclopedia of Modern Dictators: From Napoleon to the Present. New York: Peter Lang, 2006.
LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
CALL NUMBER: D363.E45 2006 - Peter N. Stearns, editor-in-chief. Encyclopedia of European social history from 1350 to 2000 . New York : Scribner, c2001.
LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
CALL NUMBER: HN373 .E63 2001 - Urwin, Derek W. A dictionary of European history and politics, 1945-1995 . London ; New York : Longman, 1996.
LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
CALL NUMBER: D1051 .U78 1996 - Cole, Robert, ed. The Encyclopedia of propaganda. New York : Sharpe Reference, c1998.
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CALL NUMBER: HM263 .E53 1998 - Kehr, Helen and Janet Langmaid, compilers. The Nazi Era, 1919-1945 : A Select Bibliography of Published Works from the Early Roots to 1980 . London: Mansell Publications, 1982.
LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
CALL NUMBER: DD256.5 .K45 - Kirk, Tim. The Longman Companion to Nazi Germany. New York: Longman, 1995.
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CALL NUMBER: DD256.5 .K475 1995 - Wistrich, Robert S. Routledge who’s who in Nazi Germany. London ; New York : Routledge, 1995.
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CALL NUMBER: DD256.5 .W564 1995 - McNeal, Robert Hatch, compiler. Stalin's Works: An Annotated Bibliography. Stanford, CA: Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace, Stanford University, 1967.
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CALL NUMBER: Z8833.5 .M25 - Nicholls, David. Adolf Hitler: A Biographical Companion. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2000.
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CALL NUMBER: DD247.H5 N53 2000 - Paxton, John. Leaders of Russia and the Soviet Union: From the Romanov Dynasty to Vladimir Putin. New York: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2004.
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CALL NUMBER: DK40 .P36 2004 - A. M. Prokhorov, editor in chief. Great Soviet encyclopedia. New York : Macmillan, c1973-1983.
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CALL NUMBER: AE5 .B58 - Joseph L. Wieczynski. The Modern encyclopedia of Russian and Soviet history . Gulf Breeze, Fla. : Academic International Press, 1976-.
LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
CALL NUMBER: DK14 .M6 - Rappaport, Helen. Stalin: A Biographical Companion. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1999.
LOCATION: McKeldin Reference Stacks
CALL NUMBER: DK268.S8 R337 1999 - Wallace, Ian. East Germany: The German Democratic Republic. Oxford: Clio, 1987.
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CALL NUMBER: DD280.6 .W36 1987 - Zentner, Christian and Friedemann Bedürftig. Encyclopedia of the Third Reich. New York: MacMillan, 1991.
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CALL NUMBER: DD256.5 .G76313 1991
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The Country Studies Series presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world.
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http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/powers_of_persuasion/powers_of_persuasion_home.html
http://www.library.northwestern.edu/govinfo/collections/wwii-posters/index.html
http://digital.library.unt.edu/browse/collection/wwpc/
http://www.prattlibrary.org/digital/index.aspx?id=4330
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Search under SUBJECTS: Hitler, Adolf, World War, Propaganda--German, etc...
More than 1500 interviews with former participants in the U.S. foreign affairs process; it is unclassified and available to the public. Printed copies of individual histories are accessible at the National Foreign Affairs Training Center in Arlington and the Special Collections Room of Georgetown University's Lauinger Library.
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