Surviving Autocracy

288 pages

English language

Published Aug. 18, 2020 by Penguin Publishing Group.

ISBN:
978-0-593-18894-1
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3 stars (2 reviews)

3 editions

More a narrative than a guide

2 stars

Walks us through the transgressions and moral hazard of the Trump presidency. Less of a guide for dealing with things than it is a clear-eyed and righteously outraged enumeration of Tump's assault on facts and institutions, and the absolute inability & failure of establishment figures to resist this onslaught.

Surviving Autocracy by Masha Gessen

3 stars

Short, fast read in which the author discusses many examples of how Trump's autocratic and fascistic impulses played out in his actions & words as well as the toadies around him. You heard about these things when he did them; Gessen discusses them in the context of the would-be autocrat's intent & desired effects.

Subjects

  • Trump, donald, 1946-
  • Authoritarianism
  • Political culture
  • United states, politics and government, 2017-