From Benito Mussolini to Hugo Chavez : Intellectuals and a Century of Political Hero Worship (Paperback)

1. Introduction: intellectuals and politics; 2. Mussolini, fascism and intellectuals; 3. Hitler, Nazism and intellectuals; 4. Stalin, Rakosi, Soviet communism and intellectuals; 5. Castro, Che Guevara, and their Western admirers; 6. Western intellectuals, Mao's China and Cambodia under Pol Pot; 7. Other dictators and their admirers in more recent times; 8. Conclusions: the personal and the political.