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Book Excerpt- “Strongman: The Rise of Five Dictators and the Fall of Democracy”

Democracy is not a spectator sport. It requires work, participation, and sometimes sacrifice. And it can be very fragile.

 

 

 

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This is an excerpt from my new book, Strongman: The Rise of Five Dictators and the Fall of Democracy, published in the October issue of Social Education, the journal of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS).

Learn more about the book, published on October 6, 2020, here

 

 

You can also listen to a sample of the audiobook version here.

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