The Dictator's Learning Curve: Inside the Global Battle for Democracy

Doubleday

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UPC:
9780385533355
Binding:
Hardcover
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Publication Date:
6/5/2012
Release Date:
6/5/2012
Author:
William J. Dobson
Language:
english
Edition:
First Edition
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In this riveting portrait of authoritarianism in peril, acclaimed journalist William Dobson takes us inside the relentless battle between dictators and the people challenging their rule.

We are witnessing an incredible moment in the war between dictators and democracywaves of protests are sweeping Syria and Yemen, and despots have fallen in Egypt, Tunisia, and Libya. But the Arab Spring is only the latest front in a worldwide battle between freedom and repression, a battle that also rages in a dozen other countries from Venezuela to China, Russia to Malaysia. It is a struggle that, until recently, dictators have been winning hands-down. The reason is that todays authoritarian regimes are nothing like the frozen-in-time government of North Korea. They are ever-morphing, technologically savvy, and internationally connected, and they have replaced more brutal forms of intimidation with seemingly free elections and talk of human rights. Facing off against modern dictators is an unlikely army of democracy advocatesstudents, bloggers, environmentalists, lawyers, activists, and millionaireswho are growing increasingly savvy themselves. The result is a global game of cat-and-mouse, where the future of freedom hangs in the balance. Dobson takes us behind the scenes in both camps, and reveals how each side is honing its strategies for the war that will define our age.