| | Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Dictatorship (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | Dictatorship, in contemporary usage, refers to absolute rule by a leadership (usually one dictator) unrestricted by law, constitutions, or other social and political factors within the state. |
 | | The prototype of the fascist dictatorship was fashioned in Italy after 1922, and later emulated by Nazi Germany (beginning in 1933), as well as by a number of other fascist or quasi-fascist European governments during the 1930s. |
 | | Fascist dictatorships were dealt a fatal blow by the defeat of the Axis Powers in World War II. |
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