{"product_id":"twilight-of-democracy-anne-applebaum-9780385545808","title":"Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER -\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\u003eThe 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\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0385545800\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780385545808\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Doubleday Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/21\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.30h x 4.80w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2020 pg. 58\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2020 pg. 66","brand":"Anne Applebaum","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44055479779583,"sku":"9780385545808","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ddeb72ac-c82d-4889-a841-eb07ea2ea27e.jpg?v=1685036010","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/twilight-of-democracy-anne-applebaum-9780385545808","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}