{"product_id":"age-of-the-strongman-how-the-cult-of-the-leader-threatens-democracy-around-the-world","title":"Age of The Strongman: How the Cult of the Leader Threatens Democracy around the World","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eAge of The Strongman: How the Cult of the Leader Threatens Democracy around the World\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eGideon Rachman\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781847926425\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eBodley Head\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2022\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003cb\u003eTimely, laser-sharp and unsettling... A must read\u003c\/b\u003e' - Peter Frankopan, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Silk Roads\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWe are in a new era.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAuthoritarian leaders have become a central feature of global politics. Since 2000, self-styled strongmen have risen to power in capitals as diverse as Moscow, Beijing, Delhi, Brasilia, Budapest, Ankara, Riyadh and Washington. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese leaders are nationalists and social conservatives, with little tolerance for minorities, dissent or the interests of foreigners. At home, they claim to stand up for ordinary people against globalist elites; abroad, they posture as the embodiments of their nations. And everywhere they go, they encourage a cult of personality. These leaders are not just operating in authoritarian political systems but have begun to emerge in the heartlands of liberal democracy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile the EU referendum and election of Donald Trump in 2016 mark a watershed, the new era started at the beginning of the millennium, when Vladimir Putin took power in Russia. How and why did this new style of strongman leadership arrive? How likely is it to lead to war or economic collapse? And what forces are in place not only to keep these strongmen in check but to reverse the trend? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFrom Trump, Putin and Bolsonaro to Erdogan, Xi and Modi\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Age of the Strongman\u003c\/i\u003e provides the first truly global treatment of the new nationalism and offers a bold new paradigm for understanding our world\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Bodley Head","offers":[{"title":"Age of The Strongman: How the Cult of the Leader Threatens Democracy around the World | Gideon Rachman | Paperback | 9781847926425 | Used: Like New | Politics 1636395","offer_id":50705441325314,"sku":"1636395","price":24.61,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/81UV0sIZLnL.jpg?v=1791652014","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/age-of-the-strongman-how-the-cult-of-the-leader-threatens-democracy-around-the-world","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}