Strongmen: How They Rise, Why They Succeed, How They Fall
by Ruth Ben-Ghiat
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A leading academic exposes the historical and cultural contexts which allow political strongmen to thrive.Tags
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This book by Ruth Ben-Ghiat is excellent.
She divided the book into three broad sections: the rise, the 'tactics', and the fall.
There is no chapter on the conditions that cause autocrats to rise or fall. You, the reader, must draw the lessons from the chapters in the book.
When you read the book, there is a chance you will recognize your local autocrat. The book opens your eyes to the dangers these people pose. I hope we learn from the book and use the lessons for our benefit.
Well written, the book is relevant and a pleasure to read.
She divided the book into three broad sections: the rise, the 'tactics', and the fall.
There is no chapter on the conditions that cause autocrats to rise or fall. You, the reader, must draw the lessons from the chapters in the book.
When you read the book, there is a chance you will recognize your local autocrat. The book opens your eyes to the dangers these people pose. I hope we learn from the book and use the lessons for our benefit.
Well written, the book is relevant and a pleasure to read.
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat is an internationally acclaimed historian, speaker, and political commentator for CNN, the Washington Post, and other publications. She is a. processor of history and Italian studies at New York University and lives in New York City.
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- Mahtimiehet : Tyrannien nousu, uho ja tuho
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, History, Politics and Government, General Nonfiction, Business
- DDC/MDS
- 321.9092 — Society, government, & culture Political science Systems of governments and states Authoritarian government: Despotism, dictatorship, totalitarianism [formerly : Anarchism as political system]
- LCC
- JC495 .B48 — Political Science Political theory Political theory. The state. Theories of the state Forms of the state
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- English, Finnish
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