{"product_id":"strongmen-mussolini-to-the-present-book-by-ruth-ben-ghiat","title":"Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present\nBook by Ruth Ben-Ghiat","description":"\u003cul data-action=\"a-tabs\" class=\"a-tabs a-declarative productInfoTabs\" data-a-tabs='{\"name\": \"product_info_tabs\"}' role=\"tablist\"\u003e\n\u003cli id=\"productInfoTabHeader_drengr_MobileTabbedDescriptionOverviewHeader\" class=\"a-tab-heading productInfoTab productInfoTabCount-2 celwidget t-prnt t-full a-active\" data-a-tab-name=\"tab0\" role=\"presentation\" data-cel-widget=\"productInfoTabHeader_drengr_MobileTabbedDescriptionOverviewHeader\" data-csa-c-id=\"b740ww-ikjof6-9gx8qe-6l1jbc\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Strongmen-Mussolini-Present-Ruth-Ben-Ghiat\/dp\/1324001542#\" role=\"tab\" aria-selected=\"true\" class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"drengr_MobileTabbedDescriptionOverviewHeader_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"drengr_MobileTabbedDescriptionOverviewHeader\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"drengr_MobileTabbedDescriptionOverviewHeader\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"drengr_MobileTabbedDescriptionOverviewHeader_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-cel-widget=\"drengr_MobileTabbedDescriptionOverviewHeader_feature_div\" data-csa-c-id=\"uqcrwu-m0mai8-e4jony-a37esv\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-size-base a-color-base productInfoTabHeaderText a-color-link\"\u003eDescripción\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli id=\"productInfoTabHeader_drengr_MobileTabbedDescriptionEditorialsHeader\" class=\"a-tab-heading productInfoTab productInfoTabCount-2 celwidget t-prnt t-full\" data-a-tab-name=\"tab1\" role=\"presentation\" data-cel-widget=\"productInfoTabHeader_drengr_MobileTabbedDescriptionEditorialsHeader\" data-csa-c-id=\"fg0ou8-bb8rw2-bf4m5q-55q7a2\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Strongmen-Mussolini-Present-Ruth-Ben-Ghiat\/dp\/1324001542#\" role=\"tab\" aria-selected=\"false\" class=\"\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"drengr_MobileTabbedDescriptionEditorialsHeader_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"drengr_MobileTabbedDescriptionEditorialsHeader\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"drengr_MobileTabbedDescriptionEditorialsHeader\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"drengr_MobileTabbedDescriptionEditorialsHeader_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-cel-widget=\"drengr_MobileTabbedDescriptionEditorialsHeader_feature_div\" data-csa-c-id=\"fec3tw-dg2ryn-fzz3fk-lm25xx\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-size-base a-color-base productInfoTabHeaderText\"\u003eReseñas Editoriales\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"productDescription_feature_div\" data-feature-name=\"productDescription\" data-template-name=\"productDescription\" class=\"a-section feature\" data-cel-widget=\"productDescription_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-a-name=\"tab0\" class=\"a-box a-box-tab a-tab-content productInfoTabContent t-prnt t-full\" role=\"tabpanel\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-box-inner\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"productInfoTabExpander0\" data-a-expander-name=\"tabExpander0\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"500\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container productInfoTabExpander\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"drengr_MobileTabbedDescriptionOverviewContent_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"drengr_MobileTabbedDescriptionOverviewContent\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"drengr_MobileTabbedDescriptionOverviewContent\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"drengr_MobileTabbedDescriptionOverviewContent_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-cel-widget=\"drengr_MobileTabbedDescriptionOverviewContent_feature_div\" data-csa-c-id=\"13bny6-lx27l3-3p23xx-6voyku\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWhat modern authoritarian leaders have in common (and how they can be stopped).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRuth 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 and Europe. In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eStrongmen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThey 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVladimir 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNo 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRecounting 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e24 black-and-white images\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca:text textemphasis=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/a:text\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"productInfoTabExpanderHeader0\" class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\"\u003e\u003ca role=\"button\" data-action=\"a-expander-toggle\" class=\"a-declarative\" data-a-expander-toggle='{\"allowLinkDefault\":true, \"expand_prompt\":\"Leer más\", \"collapse_prompt\":\"Leer menos\"}'\u003e\u003ci class=\"a-icon a-icon-extender-collapse\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-expander-prompt\"\u003eLeer menos\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Book Lovers BD","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":55298690941219,"sku":null,"price":400.0,"currency_code":"BDT","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":55298690973987,"sku":null,"price":530.0,"currency_code":"BDT","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":55298691006755,"sku":null,"price":150.0,"currency_code":"BDT","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0954\/5872\/2083\/files\/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_cec26bfd-61b8-4cfa-a0d6-4acecb80eb5c.jpg?v=1783025487","url":"https:\/\/www.bookloversbd.shop\/products\/strongmen-mussolini-to-the-present-book-by-ruth-ben-ghiat","provider":"Book Lovers BD","version":"1.0","type":"link"}