Dictatorships and Their Paradigms: Why do some Dictatorships Fall while others do Not?

By Julio M. Shiling

This is a valuable and vast pedagogical work on the different forms of government adopted by modern totalitarian-inspired regimes, especially communist and their close cousins, the fascists. Politicians, students of Social Sciences, teachers, and communicators, can benefit from reading this work. The only parallel I know of in the Cuban bibliography is the "Theory of Authority", by Calixto Bernal, a Cuban scholar of the 19th century. We must enthusially welcome the publication of this book."
Carlos Alberto Montaner, author and columnist.

"Julio Shiling's work is probably the most profound study of the nature of the totalitarian system in recent times. He takes us over the different variants of dictatorial systems, making a clear and necessary distinction between authoritarianism and totalitarianism. His goal is to glimpse the possibilities of democratization. The work is undoubtedly a significant contribution to the study of this reality in the 20th and 21st centuries."
Juan M. Clark, Author and Professor Emeritus of Sociology

"Dictatorships and Their Paradigms, Julio M. Shiling's masterful work, is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding international affairs, but it should be required reading for analysts and policymakers as well. Foreign policy is often formulated reflecting an ethnocentric view from those who have not grasped that totalitarian governments operate differently than open societies. This is a scholarly yet accessible work that succeeds in identifying the characteristics of authoritarian and totalitarian regimes. Five stars!"
Jos? Azel, Academic Researcher and Author

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0BHN5BYRG
• ISBN13: 9798357154170
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 398 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 10.0"