Produktdetaljer
Biographical note
Anne Applebaum is the author of Gulag: A History, which won the Pulitzer Prize, of Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956, which won the Cundill Prize, of Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine which won the Lionel Gelber and Duff Cooper prizes, and of the best-selling Twilight of Democracy. She is a columnist for The Atlantic and a senior fellow at Johns Hopkins University. She divides her time between Britain, Poland and the USAAnne Applebaum is one of the wisest, best informed and most trenchant commentators on global politics. This book, which should be compulsory reading for every G7 head of government and foreign minister, sets out in disturbing detail the assault overt and covert by autocrats everywhere on liberal democracies and open societies. She demonstrates how we should not only fight for liberal values against Russia, China and all their cronies, but also live up to them ourselves
Chris Patten, Former British Governor of Hong Kong
<i>Autocracy, Inc.</i> offers an eloquent indictment of Western collusion in the creation of these autocracies… a clear-sighted and unflinching look at the ideas, resentments, assumptions and practices of the regimes that are challenging liberal democracy
- Michael Ignatieff, Literary Review
Clear-sighted and fearless … a masterclass in the marriage of dodgy government to international criminality … (both) deeply disturbing; it couldn’t be anything else [and is] a lively pleasure to read
- John Simpson, Guardian
<i>Autocracy, Inc.</i> is a valuable book for many reasons, but the focus on illicit wealth creation and on those in democracies who enable it is especially timely. So is Applebaum’s recommendation that we wage war on autocratic behaviors wherever they occur
- Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Washington Post
Rigorously researched, bracing and realistic… But she is by no means fatalistic, urging free nations to confront the complicity of financial, legal and communications professionals in enabling <i>Autocracy, Inc</i>
- Matthew D'Ancona, New European
Applebaum deserves credit for drawing attention to the alarming new alliances of dictatorships seeking to shackle freedom, undemrine human rights, and usurp our values – along with the complacency of democracies that have done so little to stop the flood of fake news ... and flows of dirty money
- Ian Birrell, Spectator
In under 200 pages of breathless, urgent prose ... Applebaum highlight(s) the unlikely partnerships among the world’s autocratic regimes [and] does an excellent job laying out the corrupting effects these autocracies have on western democracies
- Yuan Yi Zhu, The Times
Excellent … clear … a call to arms to defend our societies
- Tim Judah, Financial Times
A fearsomely active journalist ... <i>Autocracy, Inc.</i> is an-up-to-the moment examination of how modern-day autocracies, not just that of Russia's President Putin, but also including China, North Korea, and Iran, act as a kind of informal bloc to challenge what they see as the West's 'hegemony'
- Dominic Lawson, Daily Mail
The strength of <i>Autocracy, Inc.</i> lies in its description of how autocrats bend and distort opinion, and find allies across national boundaries
- Lloyd Green, Guardian