Dictatorship and Democracy: Europe 1919-1945 History 408 / Fall 2012 Assorted Classroom Presentations War and Memory after World War I (Aug. 30, 2012) Fascism Takes Hold, 1919-1922 (Sept. 17, 2012) The Culture of Dictatorship (Sept. 25, 2012) The Soviet Experiment, 1917-1927 (Oct. 23, 2012) Assorted Handouts The Fascist Rise to Power [PDF] First Paper Assignment (due Oct. 25) Chapter on the Five-Year Plan (for class on Oct. 25) Chapter on the Great Purges (for class on Nov. 6)