Part 1. The enemies of democracy: Nazi Germany: Historical background of national socialism -- The philosophical justification of Prussianism -- Fundamentals of national socialism -- The method of compulsion -- The method of indoctrination -- Fascist Italy: Fundamentals of Italian fascism -- Formation of the fascist doctrine -- The economy of the corporate state -- Organization of fascism -- Japan : feudalism and imperialism: Fundamentals of Japan's religious ideology -- State and society in modern Japan -- Education and indoctrination -- part 2. The great transition: the Soviet Union: Background of Marxism -- Marxism -- The Soviet state and policies -- Organization of Soviet Marxism -- part 3. Painful intermezzo: Vichy France: Mismanagement of democracy -- France under semi-fascism -- part 4. The evolution of democracy: Great Britain and the U S A: The British Commonwealth of Nations: The evolution of English democracy -- Britain in transition -- The United States: America in the world conflict -- Planning for a new America.