Twilight of Democracy - The Failure of Politics and the Parting of Friends

A FINANCIAL TIMES, ECONOMIST AND NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020br>br>''The most important non-fiction book of the year'' David Harebr>br>In the years just before and after the fall of the Berlin Wall, people from across the political spectrum in Europe and America celebrated a great achievement, felt a common purpose and, very often, forged personal friendships. Yet over the following decades the euphoria evaporated, the common purpose and centre ground gradually disappeared, extremism rose once more and eventually - as this book compellingly relates - the relationships soured too.br>br>Anne Applebaum traces this history in an unfamiliar way, looking at the trajectories of individuals caught up in the public events of the last three decades. When politics becomes polarized, which side do you back? If you are a journalist, an intellectual, a civic leader, how do you deal with the re-emergence of authoritarian or nationalist ideas in your country? When your leaders appropriate history, or pedal conspiracies, or eviscerate the media and the judiciary, do you go along with it?br>br>Twilight of Democracy is an essay that combines the personal and the political in an original way and brings a fresh understanding to the dynamics of public life in Europe and America, both now and in the recent past.>

Product details

• Authors: Anne Applebaum, Applebaum Anne
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 24.06.2021
• EAN: 9780141991672
• ISBN: 978-0-14-199167-2
• No. of pages: 211
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Europe, 20th Century, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Political science & theory, Political science and theory