POSC 157: Modern Dictatorships

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Units: 4

Hours: Lecture, 3 hours; individual study, 2 hours; term paper, 1 hour

Catalog page 380

Prerequisites: upper-division standing or consent of instructor

Description: Considers how dictatorships from such countries as Germany, Cambodia, Chile, Argentina, and Iraq came to power; how they abused that power; what contributed to their successes; and why some met with defeat.