Gene Sharp -From dictatorship to democracy

How people could prevent and destroy dictatorships. Human beings should not be dominated and destroyed by dictators. The importance of human freedom, the nature of dictatorships (from Aristotle to analysts of totalitarianism), and histories of dictatorships (especially the Nazi and Stalinist systems).

Knowledge of the terror of Communist rule appeared especially poignant for these dictatorships were imposed in the name of liberation from oppression and exploitation.