Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present Nature_Gift_Guide inspired by that long-ago defiance

inspired by that long-ago defiance

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and devastating satire of Soviet life combines two distinct yet interwoven parts: one set in contemporary Moscow

Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present Nature_Gift_Guide inspired by that long-ago defianceNew York Times Bestseller What modern authoritarian leaders have in common (and how they can be stopped). Ruth Ben Ghiat is the expert on the "strongman" playbook employed by authoritarian demagogues from Mussolini to Putinenabling her to predict with uncanny accuracy the recent experience in America and Europe. In Strongmen, she lays bare the blueprint these leaders have followed over the past 100 years, and empowers us to recognize, resist, and