In Conversation: Historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat On Her New Book “Strongmen: Mussolini To The Present”

Omar Moore and historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat in conversation about Ruth’s new book “Strongmen: Mussolini To The Present”. The book chronicles over a century of the world’s “strongmen“ authoritarian dictators (up to and including Donald Trump). The power of these men over those they rule is rooted in numerous facets including toxic masculinity, virility, violence and corruption. Ruth Ben-Ghiat is a professor of History and Italian studies at New York University. December 5, 2020. Ruth Ben-Ghiat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ruthbenghiat Website: https://ruthbenghiat.com Order “Strongmen” here: https://bit.ly/2JCqjND Additional order links: https://ruthbenghiat.com/strongmen/ IMPORTANT— Please phonebank *now* for: Jon Ossoff for Georgia US Senate: https://electjon.com AND Rev. Raphael Warnock for Georgia US Senate: https://votewarnock.com VOTE EARLY! Voting by mail is going on now in Georgia. Voter registration deadline in Georgia: Dec. 7 Early in-person voting starts: December 14. Plus— NEW: FULL VIDEO (Nov. 30) THE POLITICRAT podcast episode—a conversation with Professor of Law Dorit Reiss (University of California at Hastings College of Law) about vaccines, coronavirus and ethics. https://bit.ly/3fUL4Qb NOTE: You can now listen to THE POLITICRAT daily podcast free on Audible: https://adbl.co/35MvRNL Latest post at Medium: VICTORY. https://bit.ly/2UkcWU5 MOORE THOUGHTS —The Day After Tomorrow: https://bit.ly/3l5CZdl Omar’s film review of “Da 5 Bloods” (bit.ly/37nliju). MOORE THOUGHTS: moore.substack.com. Moore On Medium: medium.com/@omooresf The Politicrat YouTube page: bit.ly/3bfWk6V The Politicrat Facebook page: bit.ly/3bU1O7c The Politicrat blog: politicrat.politics.blog PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to this to this podcast! Follow/tweet Omar at: http://twitter.com/thepopcornreel