The Resource Strongmen : Mussolini to the present, Ruth Ben-Ghiat
Strongmen : Mussolini to the present, Ruth Ben-Ghiat
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- Summary
- Ruth Ben-Ghiat is the expert on the "strongman" playbook employed by authoritarian demagogues from Mussolini to Putin--enabling her to predict with uncanny accuracy the recent experience in America. In Strongmen, she lays bare the blueprint these leaders have followed over the past 100 years, and empowers us to recognize, resist, and prevent their disastrous rule in the future. For ours is the age of authoritarian rulers: self-proclaimed saviors of the nation who evade accountability while robbing their people of truth, treasure, and the protections of democracy. They promise law and order, then legitimize lawbreaking by financial, sexual, and other predators. They use masculinity as a symbol of strength and a political weapon. Taking what you want, and getting away with it, becomes proof of male authority. They use propaganda, corruption, and violence to stay in power. Vladimir Putin and Mobutu Sese Seko's kleptocracies, Augusto Pinochet's torture sites, Benito Mussolini and Muammar Gaddafi's systems of sexual exploitation, and Silvio Berlusconi and Donald Trump's relentless misinformation: all show how authoritarian rule, far from ensuring stability, is marked by destructive chaos. No other type of leader is so transparent about prioritizing self-interest over the public good. As one country after another has discovered, the strongman is at his worst when true guidance is most needed by his country. Recounting the acts of solidarity and dignity that have undone strongmen over the past 100 years, Ben-Ghiat makes vividly clear that only by seeing the strongman for what he is--and by valuing one another as he is unable to do--can we stop him, now and in the future
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xviii, 358 pages
- Note
- Source of cataloging data: WCP
- Contents
-
- Introduction
- Part 1. Getting to power. Fascist takeovers ; Military coups ; New authoritarian ascents
- Part 2. Tools of rule. A greater nation ; Propaganda ; Virility ; Corruption ; Violence
- Part 3. Losing power. Resistance ; Endings
- Conclusion
- Isbn
- 9781324001546
- Label
- Strongmen : Mussolini to the present
- Title
- Strongmen
- Title remainder
- Mussolini to the present
- Statement of responsibility
- Ruth Ben-Ghiat
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Ruth Ben-Ghiat is the expert on the "strongman" playbook employed by authoritarian demagogues from Mussolini to Putin--enabling her to predict with uncanny accuracy the recent experience in America. In Strongmen, she lays bare the blueprint these leaders have followed over the past 100 years, and empowers us to recognize, resist, and prevent their disastrous rule in the future. For ours is the age of authoritarian rulers: self-proclaimed saviors of the nation who evade accountability while robbing their people of truth, treasure, and the protections of democracy. They promise law and order, then legitimize lawbreaking by financial, sexual, and other predators. They use masculinity as a symbol of strength and a political weapon. Taking what you want, and getting away with it, becomes proof of male authority. They use propaganda, corruption, and violence to stay in power. Vladimir Putin and Mobutu Sese Seko's kleptocracies, Augusto Pinochet's torture sites, Benito Mussolini and Muammar Gaddafi's systems of sexual exploitation, and Silvio Berlusconi and Donald Trump's relentless misinformation: all show how authoritarian rule, far from ensuring stability, is marked by destructive chaos. No other type of leader is so transparent about prioritizing self-interest over the public good. As one country after another has discovered, the strongman is at his worst when true guidance is most needed by his country. Recounting the acts of solidarity and dignity that have undone strongmen over the past 100 years, Ben-Ghiat makes vividly clear that only by seeing the strongman for what he is--and by valuing one another as he is unable to do--can we stop him, now and in the future
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ben-Ghiat, Ruth
- Dewey number
- 321.9092/2
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- JC495
- LC item number
- .B48 2020
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Dictators
- Dictatorship
- Authoritarianism
- Heads of state
- Heads of state
- Heads of state
- Label
- Strongmen : Mussolini to the present, Ruth Ben-Ghiat
- Note
- Source of cataloging data: WCP
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-336) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- Part 1. Getting to power. Fascist takeovers ; Military coups ; New authoritarian ascents -- Part 2. Tools of rule. A greater nation ; Propaganda ; Virility ; Corruption ; Violence -- Part 3. Losing power. Resistance ; Endings -- Conclusion
- Control code
- on1192304012
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xviii, 358 pages
- Isbn
- 9781324001546
- Lccn
- 2020034208
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
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- 40030319521
- 40030319446
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1192304012
- Label
- Strongmen : Mussolini to the present, Ruth Ben-Ghiat
- Note
- Source of cataloging data: WCP
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-336) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction -- Part 1. Getting to power. Fascist takeovers ; Military coups ; New authoritarian ascents -- Part 2. Tools of rule. A greater nation ; Propaganda ; Virility ; Corruption ; Violence -- Part 3. Losing power. Resistance ; Endings -- Conclusion
- Control code
- on1192304012
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xviii, 358 pages
- Isbn
- 9781324001546
- Lccn
- 2020034208
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
-
- 40030319521
- 40030319446
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1192304012
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