Dennis Glover
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Journalist Dennis Glover pulls no punches in his comparison of the rise of Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Benito Mussolini and Francisco Franco with the current resurgence of anger-induced populism wordwide.

In the first section, titled Tragedy, Mr Glover discusses the way advanced democracies stood by and watched as populist dictators took power in Germany, the Soviet Union, Italy and Spain, resulting in conflict and horror resulting in tens millions of deaths.

In many ‘what-if’ scenarios, the author looks at how stronger action from democracies could have averted the evils of Hitler and Stalin.

The second section, Farce, Mr Glover discusses what happens when we ignore history and allow populist authoritarians to prosper.

He looks at the rise of the lunacy of the now twice-elected Donald Trump, the expansionist evil of Vladimir Putin and the rise of other despots such as India’s Hindu-chauvinist Narendra Modi and Hungary’s Victor Orban, as well as the battle between Israel’s authoritarian leader Banjamin Netanyahu and his anti-Semetic opponents Hamas.