The Dictators av Iain Dale

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<p><b><h3> **THE LATEST COLLECTION OF ESSAYS EDITED BY IAIN DALE: AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW** </h3></b><br><br>Praise for Iain Dale:<br>''Riveting and enlightening. A history lesson via a novel route. '' ?????<br>''Really enjoying reading this book. It is easy to dip in and out and each chapter is well written.'' ?????<br>''Illuminating yet balanced'' ????? <br><b><br>Were the signs that Putin is a ruthless dictator there all along? How should we deal with President Xi of China? Given the world seems to be moving more and more in favour of authoritarian rule, this is the right moment to seek warnings, and lessons, from history.</b><br><i><br>The Dictators</i> includes elected and unelected dictators, wartime and peacetime dictators, those driven by ideology and those with a reputation for sheer brutality. How did these tyrants, autocrats and despots seize power and how did they exercise it? And how did they lose it? Very few dictators die peacefully in their own beds. Are there specif