In Episode 59 [16] of the CounterVortex podcast [17], Bill Weinberg takes stock of Trump's evident preparation for a coup d'etat [18] and what could be a culminating moment for the current crisis of American democracy. In the context of this dilemma, he discusses two very timely new books with similar titles that both examine the mechanics by which dictators seize and maintain power: Strongman: The Rise of Five Dictators and the Fall of Democracy [19] by Kenneth C. Davis [20] and Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present [21] by Ruth Ben-Ghiat [22].
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