Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism

by Anne Applebaum

Book Overview

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...

• 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"

Customer Reviews

A Clarion Call of Warning

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.