{"id":27203,"date":"2024-11-15T05:17:38","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T05:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentsclub.org\/homepage\/strongmen-mussolini-to-the-present\/"},"modified":"2024-11-15T05:17:38","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T05:17:38","slug":"strongmen-mussolini-to-the-present","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentsclub.org\/homepage\/strongmen-mussolini-to-the-present\/","title":{"rendered":"Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\nPrice: <span style=\"color:#b12704\"><del>$17.95<\/del> - $15.82<\/span><br \/><i><small>(as of Nov 15, 2024 05:17:39 UTC &#8211; <span class=\"wp_automatic_amazon_disclaimer\" title=\"Product prices and availability are accurate as of the date\/time indicated and are subject to change. Any price and availability information displayed on [relevant Amazon Site(s), as applicable] at the time of purchase will apply to the purchase of this product.\">Details<\/span>)<\/small><\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amazon.com\/dp\/0393868419?tag=musadiqhus0f2-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/valvepress.s3.amazonaws.com\/imgs\/buy_now.png\"><\/a><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>New York Times Bestseller<\/p>\n<p> What modern authoritarian leaders have in common (and how they can be stopped).<\/p>\n<p>Ruth Ben-Ghiat is the expert on the &#8220;strongman&#8221; playbook employed by authoritarian demagogues from Mussolini to Putin\u2015enabling her to predict with uncanny accuracy the recent experience in America and Europe. 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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Vladimir Putin and Mobutu Sese Seko\u2019s kleptocracies, Augusto Pinochet\u2019s torture sites, Benito Mussolini and Muammar Gaddafi\u2019s systems of sexual exploitation, and Silvio Berlusconi and Donald Trump\u2019s relentless misinformation: all show how authoritarian rule, far from ensuring stability, is marked by destructive chaos.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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\u2015and by valuing one another as he is unable to do\u2015can we stop him, now and in the future.<\/p>\n<p> 24 illustrations    <br \/> <br \/>\n         From the Publisher            <\/p>\n<p>                                          <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Strongmen - Ruth Ben-Ghiat\" src=\"https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/G\/01\/x-locale\/common\/grey-pixel.gif\" class=\"a-lazy-loaded\" data-src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/S\/aplus-media\/vc\/fe8164d5-c40d-462a-af31-3d3097b804dd.__CR0,0,970,300_PT0_SX970_V1___.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Strongmen - Ruth Ben-Ghiat\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/S\/aplus-media\/vc\/fe8164d5-c40d-462a-af31-3d3097b804dd.__CR0,0,970,300_PT0_SX970_V1___.png\">   <\/p>\n<p>\n                                                          <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Strongmen - Ruth Ben-Ghiat\" src=\"https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/G\/01\/x-locale\/common\/grey-pixel.gif\" class=\"a-spacing-mini a-lazy-loaded\" data-src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/S\/aplus-media\/vc\/c735a465-7c0d-41a0-a28f-dd6244c560fb.__CR0,0,300,300_PT0_SX300_V1___.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Strongmen - Ruth Ben-Ghiat\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/S\/aplus-media\/vc\/c735a465-7c0d-41a0-a28f-dd6244c560fb.__CR0,0,300,300_PT0_SX300_V1___.png\">   <\/p>\n<p>\n                                                          <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Strongmen - Ruth Ben-Ghiat\" src=\"https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/G\/01\/x-locale\/common\/grey-pixel.gif\" class=\"a-spacing-mini a-lazy-loaded\" data-src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/S\/aplus-media\/vc\/1e38b7a7-8bd9-4dd9-8ba3-3785ac6e3ab6.__CR0,0,300,300_PT0_SX300_V1___.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Strongmen - Ruth Ben-Ghiat\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/S\/aplus-media\/vc\/1e38b7a7-8bd9-4dd9-8ba3-3785ac6e3ab6.__CR0,0,300,300_PT0_SX300_V1___.png\">   <\/p>\n<p>\n                                                          <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Strongmen - Ruth Ben-Ghiat\" src=\"https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/G\/01\/x-locale\/common\/grey-pixel.gif\" class=\"a-spacing-mini a-lazy-loaded\" data-src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/S\/aplus-media\/vc\/965db335-41f0-43ba-8e4d-dc130486eb0b.__CR0,0,300,300_PT0_SX300_V1___.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Strongmen - Ruth Ben-Ghiat\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/S\/aplus-media\/vc\/965db335-41f0-43ba-8e4d-dc130486eb0b.__CR0,0,300,300_PT0_SX300_V1___.png\">   <\/p>\n<p>                                          <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Strongmen - Ruth Ben-Ghiat\" src=\"https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/G\/01\/x-locale\/common\/grey-pixel.gif\" class=\"a-lazy-loaded\" data-src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/S\/aplus-media\/vc\/d69bc532-6c72-4f10-806c-9f1300c6e508.__CR0,0,970,300_PT0_SX970_V1___.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Strongmen - Ruth Ben-Ghiat\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/S\/aplus-media\/vc\/d69bc532-6c72-4f10-806c-9f1300c6e508.__CR0,0,970,300_PT0_SX970_V1___.png\">   <\/p>\n<p> Publisher                                    \u200f                                        :                                    \u200e                                 W. 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Norton &#038; Company; Reprint edition (October 5, 2021) <br \/> Language                                    \u200f                                        :                                    \u200e                                 English <br \/> Paperback                                    \u200f                                        :                                    \u200e                                 400 pages <br \/> ISBN-10                                    \u200f                                        :                                    \u200e                                 0393868419 <br \/> ISBN-13                                    \u200f                                        :                                    \u200e                                 978-0393868418 <br \/> Item Weight                                    \u200f                                        :                                    \u200e                                 2.31 pounds <br \/> Dimensions                                    \u200f                                        :                                    \u200e                                 5.5 x 1 x 8.3 inches <\/p>\n<div id=\"product-summary\" data-hook=\"cr-insights-widget-summary\" class=\"a-section a-spacing-none\">\n<div class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-spacing-top-\">\n<h3 data-hook=\"cr-insights-heading-label\" class=\"a-size-base-plus a-color-base a-text-bold\">Customers say<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"a-spacing-small\"><span>Customers find the information quality excellent, providing great insight and education. 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