FINALIST 2017 Award for Excellence in Young Adult Nonfiction by YALSA —
Did you know that many of America’s Founding Fathers—who fought for liberty and justice for all—were slave owners?
The stories of five of history’s most deadly dictators-Mussolini, Hitler, Stalin, Mao Zedong, and Saddam Hussein– and how they came to power. The book also tells the story of Democracy and how quickly it can disappear.