Strongmen review: a chilling history for one nation no longer under Trump

Ruth Ben-Ghiat delivers a superb examination of how close the US came to fascism - and how it has propped it up before

This terrific history of strongmen since Mussolini makes it clear that despite a horrific pandemic and massive economic disruption, ordinary democratic Americans have more to be thankful for this Thanksgiving than ever before.

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