A review by sarah_richmond
How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future by Daniel Ziblatt, Steven Levitsky

4.0

Necessary, riveting, and smart. If there's one book on US affairs you read this year, this should be it. It IS very US based, because the US is in the throes of a democratic demise, so if you're not interested in the inner workings of American politics, you might not get much out of this. However, they offer so many examples from other countries throughout modern history who've faced similar problems, that it makes for fascinating reading.