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• 4.0 out of 5 stars from Chris -- A Liberal Looks at the Problem of Right Wing Autocrats in a not Totally Satisfying Way : This book discusses the strongman ruler as he has appeared in various forms over the last century, from the moderately illiberal to the outright genocidal mass murderer. The figures principally discussed are Benito Mussolini, Francisco Franco, Mummar Gaddafi, Augusto Pinochet, Mobutu Sese Seko, Silvio Berlusconi, Recep Teyep Erdogan, Vladimir Putin and Donald J Trump. Common characteristics among these rulers are explored in each chapter, including misogyny, propaganda, corruption and the use of violence. Mussolini and Gadaffi are among the figures most covered in this book, including their use of governmental power to procure willing or unwilling female sexual partners, with Gadaffi keeping sex slaves kidnapped from among the Libyan population. Berlusconi is also heavily covered in this book as are his sex scandals. ( Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2020 )
• 5.0 out of 5 stars from Hope for the Best -- Enlightening, Important, Timely, and Essential Today : Surperbly written and researched. The author certainly does well in revealing the common techniques of strongmen authoritarians from Mussolini to the present. Most disturbing is how perfectly Trump fits the mold. It's more than the striking resemblance both physically and in gestures and mannerisms that connects Trump and Mussolini, which were clear from his first campaign. It's that phony masculinity and macho man routine. Even Trump's rallies use the disco hit Macho Macho Man and that just emphasizes how desperate and pathetic Trump is to show what a tough guy he is. Students of history or anyone who ever saw a documentary on Il Duce have found it hard to deny the strong similarities. What is frightening is that Americans are not educated and informed enough to understand what's happening before their very eyes. This author couldn't have written a more timely and essential work, a book that helps explain the current American nightmare flirtation with totalitariansm. ( Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2020 )
• 5.0 out of 5 stars from E. N. Anderson -- Excellent and important : I will let "Chris" (see previous review on this page) summarize the book--his review is excellent (and I am in general agreement with his criticisms). I would add, however, that this is an extremely important book; everyone interested in politics should read it. It shows that a quite specific type of strongman--corrupt, openly lecherous, dishonest, and viciously cruel--always seems wildly popular with the voters. Trump has just been narrowly defeated, showing that American democracy does work some even now, but Modi in India, Duterte in the Philippines, Orban in Hungary, and many other utterly evil scoundrels keep getting elected by huge margins. Some of that is cheating, but Ben-Ghiat shows these men are often popular and even beloved. She explains: “The strongman’s trick is to seem exceptional and yet to embody the national everyman, with all of his endearing flaws…. The familiarity of these personages, marketed by their personality cults and populist ideologies as ‘one of us,’ is also why many people don’t see them as dangerous early on.” (P. 252.) There is clearly more. My friend Evan Heinlich comments on Facebook that “They love the thrill of imagining they dominate through him, the nastier the better.” True. There has to be more than seeming to be one of the boys. The chapter on "virility" is an eye-opener. Why do women fall for people like this? It isn't just wealth and power; I have known plenty of broke, powerless sociopaths who acted outrageously to women and had no trouble getting new ones. More generally, why do voters fall for people like Trump? He totally crushed a number of distinguished, experienced, well-known politicians in the 2016 primary. We need much better research, with detailed interviewing. ( Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2020 )
• 5.0 out of 5 stars from Brenda Denzler -- Must-do reading for the months and years ahead : A thoroughly researched and very thought-provoking book about authoritarian leaders in the West from the early 20th century through today, along with insights about how societies have moved beyond such circumstances...successfully. Never more relevant than at the present. ( Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2020 )
• 5.0 out of 5 stars from Barry -- Authoritarianism : In searching for the causes of this problem, it would seem that there is a deep void for those who need guidance to a better life, which can provide them with a utopian philosophy in the reality they create for themselves. The infinite constant of love and harvest of love given, received and written on our sacred hearts, including loving ourselves might be a good starting point. ( Reviewed in Canada on August 8, 2021 )
• 5.0 out of 5 stars from Nelson Senra -- Excelente : Argumentação extraordinária. Dos vários livros que já li sobre o fascismo, e sua incrível trajetória até o presente, hoje tendo a variante do populismo, este é um dos melhores. Recomendo a leitura vivamente. Muito bem escrito. Leitura cativante. ( Reviewed in Brazil on October 28, 2021 )
• 5.0 out of 5 stars from Tania -- ottimo e arrivato presto : Libro eccellente, arrivato in condizioni perfette in tempo record ( Reviewed in Italy on March 6, 2021 )
• 5.0 out of 5 stars from Melvyn -- Excellent and Informative : It’s great to read a book that puts ‘strong men’ in an analytic and historical perspective. An excellent and extremely wee researched work. ( Reviewed in Spain on December 27, 2020 )
• 5.0 out of 5 stars from Ron Treacy -- Good detailed history : Well done , a thorough detailed history ( Reviewed in Canada on November 23, 2020 )

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