Demagogue - M. Signer

A demagogue is a tyrant who owes his initial rise to the democratic support of the masses. Huey Long, Hugo Chavez, and Moqtada al-Sadr are all clear examples of this dangerous byproduct of democracy. Demagogue takes a long view of the fight to defend democracy from within, from the brutal general Cleon in ancient Athens, the demagogues who plagued the bloody French Revolution, George W. Bush s na ve democratic experiment in Iraq, and beyond. This compelling narrative weaves stories about so  

ISBN

9780230606241

liczba stron

272

język

polski