Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism - Paperback

by Anne Applebaum (Author)Named a BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR by The Washington Post and The Financial Times The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian explains, with electrifying clarity, why elites in democracies around the world are turning toward nationalism and authoritarianism “How did our democracy go wrong? This extraordinary document . . . is Applebaum’s answer.” - Timothy Snyder, author of On Tyranny “[Applebaum’s] historical expertise and knowledge of contemporary Europe and the United States illuminate what is eternal and distinctive about the political perils facing us today. . . . Twilight of Democracy offers many lessons on the long-standing struggle between democracy and dictatorship. But perhaps the most important is how fragile democracy is: Its survival depends on choices made every day by elites and ordinary people.” - The Washington Post “Critically important for its muscular, oppositionist attack on the new right from within conservative ranks—and for the well-doc