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Strongmen - How They Rise, Why They Succeed, How They Fall (Paperback, Main)
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Strongmen - How They Rise, Why They Succeed, How They Fall (Paperback, Main)
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'A gripping and illuminating picture of how strongmen have deployed
violence, seduction, and corruption' Daniel Ziblatt, co-author of
How Democracies Die 'A timely analysis of how a certain kind of
charisma delivers political disaster' Timothy Snyder, author of On
Tyranny Ours is the age of the strongman. Countries from Russia to
India, Turkey to America are ruled by men who combine populist
appeal with authoritarian policy. They have reshaped their
countries around them, creating cults of personality which earn the
loyalty of millions. And they do so by drawing on a playbook of
behaviour established by figures such as Benito Mussolini, Muammar
Gaddafi and Adolf Hitler. So why - despite the evidence of history
- do strongmen still hold such appeal for us? Historian Ruth
Ben-Ghiat draws on analysis of everything from gender to corruption
and propaganda to explain who these political figures are - and how
they manipulate our own history, fears and desires in search of
power at any cost. Strongmen is a fierce and perceptive history,
and a vital step in understanding how to combat the forces which
seek to derail democracy and seize our rights.
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