Spin Dictators: The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century

by Daniel Treisman and Sergei Guriev

Book Overview

A New Yorker Best Book of the Year
A Foreign Affairs Best Book of the Year
An Atlantic Best Book of the Year
A Financial Times Best Politics Book of the Year

How a new breed of dictators holds power by manipulating information and faking democracy

Hitler, Stalin, and Mao ruled through violence, fear, and ideology. But in recent decades a new breed of media-savvy strongmen has been redesigning...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691224471
• ISBN13: 9780691224473
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.2" x 7.9"