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1. • • This page-turner surges forward with the pacing of a true-crime thriller, elevated by Grann's crisp and evocative prose and enhanced by dozens of period photographs. Dogged original research and superb narrative skills come together in this gripping account of pitiless evil.
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   Why is it important to read 'Strongmen'?

   • In Strongmen, Ruth Ben-Ghiat lays bare the blueprint that strongmen leaders have followed over the past 100 years. This book empowers us to recognize, resist, and prevent their disastrous rule in the future.

   Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present by Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Paperback

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   Does strongmen reflect a lifetime of thinking about authoritarian rulers?

   • I n the very first sentence of “Strongmen,” its author, Ruth Ben-Ghiat, declares that her book “reflects a lifetime of thinking about authoritarian rulers.” This revelation of an extensive personal timeline of toil—a lifetime, no less—places a burden on Ms. Ben-Ghiat, a professor of history and Italian studies at New York University.

   ‘Strongmen’ Review: Nostalgia, Virility and Power - WSJ

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   When is a strongman at his worst?

   • The strongman is at his worst when true guidance is most needed by his country.

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   Why did strongmen come to power in the 1960s and '70s?

   • Ben-Ghiat notes that many strongmen came to power in the 1960s and ’70s through military coups, but that today they are much more likely to be elected. Wouldn’t it be nice to know why coups have largely vanished?

   Book Review: ‘Strongmen,’ by Ruth Ben-Ghiat - The New York Times

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   Nov 10, 2020 · Most strongmen are ruthlessly efficient and Machiavellian; Trump demonstrated incredible incompetence in failing to build his border wall, repeal Obamacare or expand his voter base.

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   Nov 10, 2020 · Ruth Ben-Ghiat covers a century of authoritarianism to explain why strongman rulers in Africa, Europe, and Latin America, drawing from a common playbook of machismo, propaganda, violence, and corruption, have found popular support even as they bring ruin to their countries.

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   Feb 16, 2021 · The protagonists of this illuminating study of authoritarian rulers range from early-twentieth-century fascists such as Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, to postcolonial strongmen in Iraq, Libya, and Uganda, to modern autocrats who rode elections into office in Brazil, Hungary, the Philippines, Russia, Turkey, and, yes, the United States.

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   Nov 18, 2020 · Watching real-life strongman moves while reading Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present from Ruth Ben-Ghiat is both surreal and chilling. But given that the book’s publication date was also the U.S. Election Day, comparisons are inevitable.

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   Oct 7, 2021 · Ben-Ghiat's portrayal of fascist era tyrants, murderous Cold War dictators, and would-be tyrants in our own day gives us a gripping and illuminating picture of how strongmen have deployed violence, seduction, and corruption.

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   Dec 11, 2020 · Many readers—and not just the most exacting among them—are likely to say to themselves: “This book had better be good.”