Demagogues and Despots

Democracy and despotism live closer together than youd expectthis briskly astute book reveals why that should alarm us all.We live in troubled times, marked by a sinister trend threatening democracy everywhere: the triumph of despotism not only in countries like Russia, Iran and Saudi Arabia, but also in states run by popularly elected demagoguesOrbn and Erdoan, Netanyahu and Trump.Leading politic...