Strongmen Mussolini to the Present

Hm. A decent overview of authoritarianism - using a handful of case studies. Ultimately, it felt a little disorganized, and I was disappointed with the glaring exclusions of Stalin and Kagame.

As a colleague said, now that an overtly authoritarian administration begins in the US: “congrats, we're like every other country.” Yep. Really puts the lie to the US propaganda of American exceptionalism. Yeah. Not so exceptional.