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Barack Obama Former USA PresidentAs 2018 draws to a close, I’m continuing a favorite tradition of mine and sharing my year-end lists. It gives me a moment to pause and reflect on the year through the books I found most thought-provoking, inspiring, or just plain loved. It also gives me a chance to highlight talented authors – some who are household names and others who you may not have heard of before. Here’s my best of 2018 list. (Source)
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Michael Mcfaul Nothing more I’d rather have than a book endorsement from @SteveKerr ! And it is a great book. https://t.co/i9XCw5H9YX (Source)
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Steve Kerr Add this to your summer reading list. Great book. https://t.co/5OFnC2vskM (Source)
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Petra Costa @WeyandSabine our film "The Edge of Democracy" on Netflix was deeply inspired by this great book! (Source)
Rankings by Category
How Democracies Die is ranked in the following categories:
- #19 in Corruption
- #14 in Current Affairs
- #43 in Factual
- #7 in Fascism
- #6 in Liberalism
- #12 in Politics