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Examples?
USSR, Cuba, PRC, etc. Read theory and read history books. You're interested in neither though.
USSR and PRC had really bad checks and balances since they let dictators consolidate power and form cults of personality. You really think those are good examples of your point? Have you read entirely different histories than I have? Which books do you recommend then?
I was going to say something like This Soviet World or Russian Justice, but they are not actually history books. They are written from a contemporary standpoint. Pat Sloans Soviet Democracy is another contemporary book.
I'm sure cowbee will link you to Blackshirts and reds, that is a history book.