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om ofice. Moving through Europe, the Amer-icas, and Africa, Strongmen covers a century of tyranny under leaders that promise law and order and then enable lawless behavior by financial and sexual. redators. It reveals how such leaders think and act, who they depend on, and how they can b.
Nov 5, 2020 · 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.
- Ruth Ben-Ghiat
- Profile, 2020
- 1782834788, 9781782834786
As I write in the book, ‘strongmen disappear people, and they also disappear fields of knowledge that conflict with their goals.’ The whitewashing of history to remove memories of past violence is necessary to create the proper climate for persecution in the present. This is why the book goes into detail about violence, including torture ...
Aug 5, 2021 · 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...
Nov 10, 2020 · 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. Show more. Genres History Politics Nonfiction Biography Psychology Political Science Audiobook. ...more. 400 pages, Paperback.
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- Ruth Ben-Ghiat
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.
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. Publication date: 05/11/2020 £ 10.99