dictators

Presents brief biographies of nineteen absolute rulers, from Charlemagne to Idi Amin.

A biography of the Russian revolutionary who became leader of the Soviet government in 1924 and remained in power until his death in 1953.

Chronicles the lives of history's most brutal dictators and military leaders, including Joseph Stalin, Genghis Khan, Qin Shi Huang, and Ghaka the Zulu King.

Brief biographies of twenty rulers throughout history notorious for their despotic and tyrannical rule.

Marak, a mad prince whose life is devoted to overthrowing the Ila, his world's eternal dictator, is betrayed by his father and sent on a march with other madmen to the Ila's city of Oburan--and, upon arrival, the Ila assigns him to discover the source of the visions and voices that haunt his world's madmen.

Long ago Robert Mugabe was a Freedom Fighter. Over the past thirty years he has become Zimbabwe's president and rules as a dictator.

Profiles the dictatorship of the Assads in Syria, from their rise to power to the present day.

The harsh dictatorship that Burma has endured for many years is explored, and Than Shwe's human rights abuses are highlighted.

A biography of the man who, in 1989, suspended the constitution and appointed himself head of state, prime minister, defense minister, and commander in chief of the army.