The Origins of Totalitarianism

'''Arendt, Hannah. The Origins of Totalitarianism.''' 2nd enlarged edn. 1958. Cleveland: World, 1958.

Most relevant: Part Three: Totalitarianism, esp. ch. 11, part II ("Totalitarian Organization"), and ch. 12 ("Totalitarianism in Power"). See for possible real-world referents for the motif of individual human helplessness before the machine of the state.