{"product_id":"twilight-of-democracy-the-seductive-lure-of-authoritarianism-9781984899507","title":"Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR by \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Financial Times\u003c\/i\u003e -\u003c\/b\u003e How did our democracy go wrong? This extraordinary document ... is Applebaum's answer. \u003cb\u003e--Timothy Snyder, author of \u003ci\u003eOn Tyranny\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Pulitzer Prize-winning historian explains, with electrifying clarity, why elites in democracies around the world are turning toward nationalism and authoritarianism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the United States and Britain to continental Europe and beyond, liberal democracy is under siege, while authoritarianism is on the rise. In\u003ci\u003e Twilight of Democracy, \u003c\/i\u003e Anne Applebaum, an award-winning historian of Soviet atrocities who was one of the first American journalists to raise an alarm about antidemocratic trends in the West, explains the lure of nationalism and autocracy. In this captivating essay, she contends that political systems with radically simple beliefs are inherently appealing, especially when they benefit the loyal to the exclusion of everyone else. Elegantly written and urgently argued, \u003ci\u003eTwilight of Democracy \u003c\/i\u003eis a brilliant dissection of a world-shaking shift and a stirring glimpse of the road back to democratic values.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anne Applebaum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Anchor Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/22\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781984899507\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eANNE APPLEBAUM's 2018 \u003ci\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/i\u003e article \"A Warning from Europe\" inspired this book and was a finalist for a National Magazine Award. After seventeen years as a columnist at \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post, \u003c\/i\u003e Applebaum became a staff writer at \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e in 2020. She is the author of three critically acclaimed and award-winning histories of the Soviet Union: \u003ci\u003e Red Famine, Iron Curtain, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGulag, \u003c\/i\u003e winner of the Pulitzer Prize.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anchor Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39829396521075,"sku":"9781984899507","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_be34ba21-cebe-45f3-8ce4-d3aa07d5e0e6.jpg?v=1644613049","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/twilight-of-democracy-the-seductive-lure-of-authoritarianism-9781984899507","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}