NATIONALBESTSELLER-“Howdidourdemocracygowrong?Thisextraordinarydocument...isApplebaum’sanswer.“--TimothySnyder,authorofOnTyrannyThePulitzerPrize-winninghistorianexplains,withelectrifyingclarity,whyelitesindemocraciesaroundtheworldareturningtowardnationalismandauthoritarianism.FromtheUnitedStatesandBritaintocontinentalEuropeandbeyond,liberaldemocracyisundersiege,whileauthoritarianismisontherise.InTwilightofDemocracy,AnneApplebaum,anaward-winninghistorianofSovietatrocitieswhowasoneofthefirstAmericanjournaliststoraiseanalarmaboutantidemocratictrendsintheWest,explainsthelureofnationalismandautocracy.Inthiscaptivatingessay,shecontendsthatpoliticalsystemswithradicallysimplebeliefsareinherentlyappealing,especiallywhentheybenefittheloyaltotheexclusionofeveryoneelse.Elegantlywrittenandurgentlyargued,TwilightofDemocracyisabrilliantdissectionofaworld-shakingshiftandastirringglimpseoftheroadbacktodemocraticvalues.
