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Near Fine, bound in 1/4 cloth with paper-covered boards, housed in a Near Fine slipcase. Volume remains in factory-issued shrinkwrap. Small 4to, 10"h x 6 3/4"w. Volume 1 is 464 printed pages; Volume 2 is 448 printed pages. 28 colour and black-and-white images in each volume. Scarce even this quickly after publication. As per publisher's site: "Published by Folio in its first-ever illustrated edition, Hannah Arendt s The Origins of Totalitarianism is a ground-breaking study of how the Nazi and Soviet regimes came to power, which speaks directly to our own age.In an age of strong-man leaders, mass populist movements and media disinformation, The Origins of Totalitarianism has soared back into the public consciousness and become essential reading for our times. Published shortly after the Second World War, Hannah Arendt s study of state tyranny stands as a powerful warning from history, and as one of the 20th century s most important works of political history. Arendt with the insight of a Jewish refugee who fled Hitler s Germany lays bare the brutality of Nazism and Stalinism, and seeks to advance our understanding of the forces of antisemitism and imperialism that forged them. This is the first-ever illustrated edition, with famous propaganda images and documentary photography from the USSR and the Third Reich. It includes an exclusive introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Anne Applebaum a leading voice on authoritarianism and Russian history who fears that once again, we are living in a world that Arendt would recognise. The Origins of Totalitarianism won the Scholarly, Academic & Reference Books category at the British Book Production and Design Awards 2022.".

A thorough analysis of the roots and nature of totalitarian regimes, focusing on Nazism and Stalinism.