Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER - "How did our democracy go wrong? This extraordinary document ... is Applebaum's answer." --Timothy Snyder, author of On Tyranny The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian explains, with electrifying clarity, why elites in democracies around the world are turning toward nationalism and authoritarianism. From the United States and Britain to continental Europe and beyond, liberal democracy is under siege, while authoritarianism is on the rise. In Twilight of Democracy, Anne Applebaum, an award-winning historian of Soviet atrocities who was one of the first American journalists to raise an alarm about antidemocratic trends in the West, explains the lure of nationalism and autocracy. In this captivating essay, she contends that political systems with radically simple beliefs are inherently appealing, especially when they benefit the loyal to the exclusion of everyone else. Elegantly written and urgently argued, Twilight of Democracy is a brilliant dissection of a world-shaking shift and a stirring glimpse of the road back to democratic values.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0385545800
ISBN13:9780385545808
Release Date:July 2020
Publisher:Doubleday Books
Length:224 Pages
Weight:0.68 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 4.8" x 7.3"
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A Clarion Call of Warning
Published by AnCuRua , 2 months ago
The author does a fantastic job of explaining how we got to where we are today: conservatives as conspiracy theorists, the rise of autocracies and one-party states, and the way these states influence each other. As Applebaum shares through her lived experience, the United States seems well on its way to join the club.
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