Dictator's Learning Curve Inside the Global Battle for Democracy

Name: Dictator's Learning Curve Inside the Global Battle for Democracy
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ISBN: 9780385533355

ISBN-10: 0385533357

ISBN-13: 9780385533355

Edition: 2012

Authors: William J. Dobson

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In this riveting anatomy of authoritarianism, acclaimed journalist William Dobson takes us inside the stubborn battle between dictators and those who would challenge their rule.We are witnessing an incredible moment in the war between dictators and democracy—waves of protests are sweeping Syria and Yemen and despots have fallen in Egypt, Tunisia, and Libya. But the Arab Spring is only the latest front in a global battle between freedom and repression, a battle that, until recently, dictators have been winning hands-down. The problem is that today's authoritarians are not like the frozen-in-time, ready-to-crack regimes of Burma and North Korea. They are ever-morphing, technologically savvy,…

Book details

List price: $34.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 6/5/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.518
Language: English



Introduction



The Czar



Enemies of the State



El Comandante



The Opposition



The Youth



The Pharaoh



The Professionals



The Technocrats


Epilogue


Acknowledgments


Notes


Index