Part 1: THE NOTORIOUS THREE 1. Joseph Stalin: Autocrat par excellence (The Soviet Union) 2. Adolf Hitler: From Democracy to Dictatorship (Germany) 3. Mao Zedong: Communist Party Dictatorship (China) Part 2: PATHBREAKING AUTOCRATS OF THE 20TH CENTURY 4. Fidel Castro: From Grassroots Dictatorship to Communist Autocracy (Cuba) 5. Augusto Pinochet: The Emergence of One-Man Rule (Chile) 6. Robert Mugabe: Ruthless Authoritarian who Preferred Democratic Clothing (Zimbabwe) 7. Joseph Kabila: the "Raïs" of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) 8.

Hugo Chávez: Was he an Autocrat? (Venezuela) 9. Lee Kuan Yew: Autocracy, Elections, and Capitalism (Singapore) Part 3: 21ST CENTURY AUTOCRATS - THE MAJOR POWERS 10. Vladimir Putin: Russia's Neo-Patrimonial Façade Democracy (Russia) 11. Xi Jinping: The Rise of an Authoritarian Leader (China) 12. Narendra Modi: Elected Authoritarian (India) 13. Donald J. Trump: The Authoritarian Style in American Politics (USA) Part 4: 21ST CENTURY AUTOCRATS - OTHER INFLUENTIAL AUTOCRATS 14. Ali Hosseini Khamenei: Routinizing Revolution (Iran) 15.

The Assad Dynasty: Quo Vadis Damascus? (Syria) 16. Kim Jong un: Rise to Power and Leadership Style (North Korea) 17. Abd al Fattah al Sisi: The One and Only Egyptian Dictator (Egypt) 18. Prayuth Chan-o-cha: From the Barracks to the Ballot Box (Thailand) 19. Muhammad bin Salman Al-Saud: King in All But Name (Saudi Arabia) 20. János Kádár and Viktor Orbán: From Communist to Post-Communist Autocracy (Hungary) 21. Recep Tayyip Erdogan: From "Illiberal Democracy" to Electoral Authoritarianism (Turkey) 22. Rodrigo Duterte: Macho Populism and Authoritarian Practice (Philippines) 23.

Jair Bolsonaro: Beyond the Pale, Above the Fray (Brazil).