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Books like Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
The best books like Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism are Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, and Enlightenment Now. Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism by Anne Applebaum is about authoritarianism, democracy, political psychology. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari · History
Sapiens traces the full arc of human history from the emergence of Homo sapiens in Africa roughly 70,000 years ago to the present.
A kindred history read.
Read the summary → - The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
William L. Shirer · History
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich is William Shirer's comprehensive account of Nazi Germany from the early career of Adolf Hitler through the defeat of the Reich in 1945.
A kindred history read.
Read the summary → - Enlightenment Now
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Steven Pinker · Science
Enlightenment Now is Steven Pinker's argument that the ideals of the Enlightenment — reason, science, humanism, and progress — have been responsible for a dramatic and continuing improvement in human wellbeing across virtually every measurable dimension, and that these ideals are under threat from counter-Enlightenment movements on both the left and the right.
A kindred history read.
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- The Better Angels of Our Nature
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The Better Angels of Our Nature
Steven Pinker · Science
The Better Angels of Our Nature is Steven Pinker's argument, supported by extensive historical and statistical data, that human violence has declined dramatically over long time periods and that this decline is real, not an artifact of reporting or perception.
A kindred history read.
Read the summary → - The Anatomy of Fascism
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Robert O. Paxton · History
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Shares authoritarianism and nationalism with Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism.
Read the summary → - The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America
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The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America
Timothy Snyder · History
The Road to Unfreedom is Timothy Snyder's analysis of how Russia developed a new form of authoritarian politics under Vladimir Putin and began exporting it to Europe and the United States in the 2010s.
Shares authoritarianism and democracy with Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism.
Read the summary → - How Democracies Die
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Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt · Politics
Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt are Harvard comparative politics scholars who have spent their careers studying how democracies break down in Latin America and Europe.
Shares authoritarianism and democracy with Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism.
Read the summary → - Democracy in America
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Alexis de Tocqueville · History
Democracy in America, published in two volumes in 1835 and 1840, is Alexis de Tocqueville's analysis of the democratic experiment in the United States as a model for what was coming to Europe.
Both dig into democracy.
Read the summary → - History of the Peloponnesian War
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History of the Peloponnesian War
Thucydides · History
Thucydides' account of the twenty-seven-year conflict between Athens and Sparta stands as the founding document of political realism and the first work of history that treats evidence and causation as problems to be solved rather than stories to be told.
Both dig into democracy.
Read the summary → - On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
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On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder · History
On Tyranny is Timothy Snyder's brief handbook drawn from the history of twentieth-century authoritarianism.
Both dig into democracy.
Read the summary → - Political Order and Political Decay
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Political Order and Political Decay
Francis Fukuyama · History
Political Order and Political Decay is the second volume of Francis Fukuyama's ambitious two-volume study of political development.
Both dig into democracy.
Read the summary → - The Guns of August
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Barbara Tuchman · History
The Guns of August covers the first month of the First World War — from the funeral of King Edward VII in May 1910 to the stalled offensives of September 1914 — with a level of narrative authority and moral clarity that has made it the defining popular history of the war's opening disaster.
Both dig into nationalism.
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Books like Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism: quick answers
What are the best books like Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism?
The best books like Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism by Anne Applebaum are Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer, Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker, The Anatomy of Fascism by Robert O. Paxton, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism, such as authoritarianism, democracy, political psychology.
What should I read after Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism?
A natural next read after Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism is Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari. A kindred history read. Other strong choices are The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer, Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker.
What books are similar to Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism by Anne Applebaum?
Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism centers on authoritarianism, democracy, political psychology. Books with a similar feel include Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer, Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker, The Anatomy of Fascism by Robert O. Paxton, The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America by Timothy Snyder — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
