1919-1932

Chaplin plays two characters: Adenoid Hynkel, the dictator of Tomania, and a Jewish barber. The barber recovers from amnesia to discover Hynkel is persecuting all the Jews in his country.

Presents twenty-one primary and secondary documents on significant events in world history between 1920 and 1940, including the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, Mussolini's March on Rome, the stock market crash, and others.

Collection of world political cartoons published in newspapers or magazines between 1919-1939.

Highlights the cultura, political, social, and economic trends that shaped the years between the two world wars.

Combines informative text with sidebars, eyewitness accounts, full-color maps, charts, and historical photographs to document the events leading up to World War II.