Introduction to Library Research: George Orwell's Animal Farm: George Orwell's Animal Farm Sources

Animal Farm

Animal Farm: Pastorlism and Politics

Includes discussions of the work's influence, historical context, and critical reception in addition to a chronology and bibliography.

Politics in George Orwell's Animal Farm

Provides background on the life of English novelist George Orwell and his influences, features eleven articles that explore politics in his novel "Animal Farm," and examines contemporary perspectives on the political issues addressed in the novel.

Readings on Animal Farm

An analysis of George Orwell's 1944 novel "Animal Farm," featuring early reviews of the book, a range of essays discussing the social and political meaning of the story, and biographical information about the author.

George Orwell's Animal Farm

Includes a brief biography of the author, thematic and structural analysis of the work, critical views, and an index of themes and ideas.

Snowball's Chance

A continuation of George Orwell's Animal Farm in which Snowball the pig returns to the farm and implements a capitalist regime.

George Orwell

Contains a representative selection of critical essays on the writings of George Orwell.

Becoming George Orwell

Explores the life and work of George Orwell, arguing that he was a very influential and controversial writer.

Abuse of Power in George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four

Provides background on the life of English novelist George Orwell and his influences, features eleven articles that explore the abuse of power in his novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four," and examines issues of the abuse of power in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.

George Orwell: a Life

Biography

Stalin and the Scientists

Stalin and the Scientists tells the story of the many gifted scientists who worked in Russia from the years leading up to the Revolution through the death of the "Great Scientist" himself, Joseph Stalin. It weaves together the stories of scientists, politicians, and ideologues into an intimate and sometimes horrifying portrait of a state determined to remake the world.

Stalin

Examines the members and inner workings of Joseph Stalin's court from his rise to power through the postwar years and presents an intimate look at Stalin's personality, discussing everything from his favorite foods and films to his eagerness to kill opponents and willingness to betray his inner circle.

Hitler and Stalin

Dual biography of Hitler and Stalin that includes a history of Germany and the Soviet Union.

Lenin, Stalin, and Hitler

Presents a comprehensive analysis of the social and political cataclysm that spread throughout Europe between 1914 and 1945; and describes how the world was changed by the events of two world wars, the Russian Revolution, the Holocaust, and the rise and fall of Hitler's Third Reich.

Strongman

By profiling five of the most notoriously ruthless dictators in history--Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, and Saddam Hussein. . . Davis examines the forces in these strongmen's personal lives and historical periods that shaped the leaders they'd become.

Lenin

A biography of Vladimir Lenin revolutionary and head of the Soviet Republic.

Mao

A biography of Mao Zedong, drawing from documentary material, as well as interviews, to trace the life and career of the Chinese leader.

Strongmen: Mussolini to the present

Examines the qualities of famous authoritarian rulers in Africa, Europe, and Latin America from World War II to the present day, and explores authoritarian tools of power including violence, corruption, and propaganda. Discusses what leads to the end of authoritarian regimes.

The Real Fidel Castro

Presents a biographical portrait of Fidel Castro based on the author's observations and personal acquaintance with the Cuban leader, chronicling events in Castro's life from his university days to his later years, focusing on the period during and immediately after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Saddam Hussein

Presents a brief biography of Saddam Hussein, leader of Iraq, and traces his life from his birth in 1937 to his childhood, and his handling of the Persian Gulf War.

Augusto Pinochet's Chile

An inside look at Chile under the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet that reviews his rise to power, foreign relations, life in Chile while he ruled, and other related topics.

The Dictator's Shadow

Discusses the reign of Augusto Pinochet from 1973 to 1990 from the perspective of author Heraldo Muñoz, an official who was overthrown by Pinochet while his friends disappeared into the dungeons of the junta, eventually leading the moderate left opposition and assisting in the removal of the dictator from power in 1990.

Louis XIV

Chronicles the life of Louis XIV, discussing military victories and losses, his personal relationships, the impact his legacy had on France's culture, and other related topics.

The Impossible State

Examines the history of North Korea, discussing the isolated country's political and economic culture, the rise to power of the Kim family, the human rights abuses against its own citizens, and its military and nuclear ambitions.