Strongman: The Rise of Five Dictators and the Fall of Democracy Davis Kenneth C.
Strongman: The Rise of Five Dictators and the Fall of Democracy Davis Kenneth C. From the bestselling author of the Don't Know Much About(R) books comes a dramatic account of the origins of…
Specifikacia Strongman: The Rise of Five Dictators and the Fall of Democracy Davis Kenneth C.
Strongman: The Rise of Five Dictators and the Fall of Democracy Davis Kenneth C.
From the bestselling author of the Don't Know Much About(R) books comes a dramatic account of the origins of democracy, the history of authoritarianism, and the reigns of five of history's deadliest dictators.A Washington Post Best Book of the Year! A YALSA 2021 Nonfiction Award Nominee!What makes a country fall to a dictator? A Bank Street College of Education Best Book of the Year!
How are they able to defeat the ideal of democracy? How do authoritarian leaders--strongmen--capable of killing millions acquire their power? And what can we do to make sure it doesn't happen again?By profiling five of the most notoriously ruthless dictators in history--Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, and Saddam Hussein--Kenneth C.
Davis seeks to answer these questions, examining the forces in these strongmen's personal