With “Twilight of Democracy”, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Anne Applebaum turns from the study of authoritarianism past to authoritarianism present. How is it, Applebaum asks, that the triumph of democracy at the end of the Cold War has in so much of the West given way to disillusionment with democracy—and why have so many intellectuals aided the process? From Hungary and Poland to Britain and the United States, Applebaum sees signs of anti-democratic sentiments on the rise, often encouraged by her own former allies in the anti-communist movement.
Atlantic Council: Anne Applebaum on her book ‘Twilight of Democracy’
This undated photo shows a cover of a book "Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism" by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Anne Applebaum.
