The Illusion of Democracy and the Totalitarian Consolidation (1927–1938)
Having physically and politically eliminated all potential rivals, the architect
The Single-Party State, Political Purges, and the Death of the Free Press (1923–1926)
With the foreign occupying forces formally evacuating the old imperial
The Parallel State, Emergency Powers, and the Fall of the Monarchy (1920–1922)
With the imperial capital under foreign military occupation and the
World War I and the Collapse of an Empire: The Rise of the National Resistance (1914–1919)
Following their violent consolidation of power and the establishment of
The Sociological Roots of the Revolution and the Path to Dictatorship (1876 – 1913)
To comprehend the collapse of one of history’s longest-lasting empires,