Title: What Makes a Dictator? - How Dictators Work | HowStuffWorks
Headings: How Dictators Work
How Dictators Work
What Makes a Dictator?
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Content: Schoolchildren were taught to give thanks to Kim Il-sung, the source of all of their blessings, as part of their training. Critics spoke of him as being megalomaniacal and extremely narcissistic. Saddam Hussein's Iraq was also full of statues, murals, posters and paintings bearing his image. Advertisement
circa 1944: Adolf Hitler gives the fascist salute at a parade. Visible on the balcony with him are Galeazzo Ciano and Italian Benito Mussolini (far left). Just visible on the right is the hand Hermann Goering holding his Field Marshal's baton. Keystone/ Getty Images
As with ancient Roman dictators and the more recent example of Napoleon Bonaparte, it's often the case that a state of emergency or a coup d'etat results in a dictator coming to power. However, there have been dictators who got there legally. Adolf Hitler, for example, was appointed chancellor, or head of government, by President Paul von Hindenburg in 1933.