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

Sergei Guriev

A Hitler, Stalin, and Mao ruled through violence, fear, and ideology. But in recent decades a new breed of media-savvy strongmen has been redesigning authoritarian rule for a more sophisticated, globally connected world. In place of overt, mass repression, rulers such as Vladimir Putin, Recep Tayyi...

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The book was presented as a study of the modern face of tyranny, focusing on how contemporary dictators use propaganda and controlled elections to maintain popular support.

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The second book, which builds on that, is another good book by Sergei Guriev and Daniel Treisman and the book is called Spin Dictators, and it's about the changing face of tyranny in the 21st century.

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The book was presented as a study of the modern face of tyranny, focusing on how contemporary dictators use propaganda and controlled elections to maintain popular support.

"

The second book, which builds on that, is another good book by Sergei Guriev and Daniel Treisman and the book is called Spin Dictators, and it's about the changing face of tyranny in the 21st century.

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