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Fascism

Madeleine Albright

Why are frightened people tempted to give up freedom to a strong leader, and how can they see it coming?

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Author
Madeleine Albright

Why read it

  • You will recognize how leaders use anger and fear to win loyalty
  • You will understand why a confident demagogue can beat a careful democrat for public support
  • You will have questions to ask of any leader or movement that asks for your trust

Who it is for

  • A voter worried about strongman politics anywhere in the world
  • A teacher or parent explaining how democracies slip
  • A reader who wants history lessons applied to today

Contents

  1. One
  2. A Doctrine of Anger and Fear
  3. Two
  4. The Greatest Show on Earth
  5. Three
  6. “We Want to Be Barbarians”
  7. Four
  8. “Close Your Hearts to Pity”
  9. Five
  10. Victory of the Caesars
  11. Six
  12. The Fall
  13. Seven
  14. Dictatorship of Democracy
  15. Eight
  16. “There Are a Lot of Bodies Up There”
  17. Nine
  18. A Difficult Art
  19. Ten
  20. President for Life
  21. Eleven
  22. Erdoğan the Magnificent
  23. Twelve
  24. Man from the KGB
  25. Thirteen
  26. “We Are Who We Were”
  27. Fourteen
  28. “The Leader Will Always Be with Us”
  29. Fifteen
  30. President of the United States
  31. Sixteen
  32. Bad Dreams
  33. Seventeen
  34. The Right Questions

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