Autocracy, Inc.

The Dictators Who Want to Run the World

De: Anne Applebaum

Narrado por: Anne Applebaum

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the Pulitzer-prize winning author, an alarming account of how autocracies work together to undermine the democratic world, and how we should organize to defeat them

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Economist, Financial Times, Foreign Affairs, The Times

"A masterful guide to the new age of authoritarianism... clear-sighted and fearless.”—John Simpson, The Guardian

"Especially timely."—The Washington Post

We think we know what an autocratic state looks like: There is an all-powerful leader at the top. He controls the police. The police threaten the people with violence. There are evil collaborators, and maybe some brave dissidents.

But in the 21st century, that bears little resemblance to reality. Nowadays, autocracies are underpinned not by one dictator, but by sophisticated networks composed of kleptocratic financial structures, surveillance technologies, and professional propagandists, all of which operate across multiple regimes, from China to Russia to Iran. Corrupt companies in one country do business with corrupt companies in another. The police in one country can arm and train the police in another, and propagandists share resources and themes, pounding home the same messages about the weakness of democracy and the evil of America.

International condemnation and economic sanctions cannot move the autocrats. Even popular opposition movements, from Venezuela to Hong Kong to Moscow, don't stand a chance. The members of Autocracy, Inc, aren't linked by a unifying ideology, like communism, but rather a common desire for power, wealth, and impunity. In this urgent treatise, which evokes George Kennan's essay calling for "containment" of the Soviet Union, Anne Applebaum calls for the democracies to fundamentally reorient their policies to fight a new kind of threat.

How the autocrats help each other.

I have read many books about the international affairs and many books about intelligence agencies. this book did a marvelous job on summarizing. what is going on behind the scenes and gives you insight on why things are happening the way they are. Great book.

Insights about systems of enabling. What can be done to overcome Autocracy.

A clear and compelling a telling of the looming dangers of kleptocracy, autocracy, and corruption and a clarion call to action. Excellent, and as inspiring as a heart attack.

Well researched material.

I believe this is the best educational book for the history of dictatorship authority under autocratic rule and the process people in power gain long standing rule over their country.

For our time

Applebaum makes a compelling argument for the time of law and against collusion. We need to fight against those who would like to destroy our agency.

well told enlitening must read

well written well read narration aflashinligtfor all freedom lovingpersons world wide red flag for ddemcracy