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Ill Winds: Saving Democracy from Russian Rage, Chinese Ambition, and American Complacency by [Diamond, Larry Jay ]

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From America’s leading scholar of democracy,a personal, passionate call to action against the rising authoritarianism that challenges our world order—and the very value of liberty

Larry Diamond has made it his life's work to secure democracy's future by understanding its past and by advising dissidents fighting autocracy around the world. Deeply attuned to the cycles of democratic expansion and decay that determine the fates of nations, he watched with mounting unease as illiberal rulers rose in Hungary, Poland, Turkey, the Philippines, and beyond, while China and Russia grew increasingly bold and bullying. Then, with Trump's election at home, the global retreat from freedom spread from democracy's margins to its heart.

Ill Winds' core argument is stark: the defense and advancement of democratic ideals relies on U.S. global leadership. If we do not reclaim our traditional place as the keystone of democracy, today's authoritarian swell could become a tsunami, providing an opening for Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, and their admirers to turn the twenty-first century into a dark time of despotism.

We are at a hinge in history, between a new era of tyranny and an age of democratic renewal. Free governments can defend their values; free citizens can exercise their rights. We can make the internet safe for liberal democracy, exploit the soft, kleptocratic underbelly of dictatorships, and revive America's degraded democracy. Ill Winds offers concrete, deeply informed suggestions to fight polarization, reduce the influence of money in politics, and make every vote count.

In 2019, freedom's last line of defense still remains "We the people."

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File Size: 2110 KB
Print Length: 368 pages
Publisher: Penguin Press (June 11, 2019)
Publication Date: June 11, 2019
Sold by: Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Language: English
ASIN: B07HLR7R7F
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Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #100,341 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
- #39 in Democracy (Kindle Store)
- #8 in Asian American History
- #32 in 21st Century World History

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Noble Eagle

Well written book with animosity towards us deplorables who want to drain the swamp.

July 30, 2019

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Pretty interesting read but really a diatribe against President Trump. Democrats will love it; Republicans won’t. Larry Diamond is an expert on China but is intellectually dishonest about the USA.

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August 8, 2019

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Asking the questions that need to be asked.

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Importance of democracy

January 3, 2020

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Very informative and good historical review.

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C. Cage

Don’t believe those low star reviewers, this is a great book!

July 6, 2019

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I listened to this book on Audible and couldn’t disagree more with the two previous reviewers. I found the book presented his premises clearly. It is so informative! I highly recommend it.

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Andrew

Lack of Focus

July 5, 2019

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The first half forgoes the subtitle of the book entirely, focusing, with now well-worn generalizations on the Trump presidency and it’s “threat” to democracy (which goes undefined. The second half contains great but only occasional indictments of Russian and Chinese individual threats, again, interrupted with the false tie to a general trend toward authoritarianism (also undefined) personified in Pres. Trump.
Underwhelming from a Hoover Institute scholar.

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Real People

Reads like lecture notes.

July 3, 2019

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This book reads like the author’s lecture notes versus a serious academic book about democracy.

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FR2011

This book seems dated

November 10, 2019

Format: Hardcover

The author understands some of the threats to democracy- but seems to have completely missed the threat posed by the massive government agencies/bureaucracies that have grown over the decades. Oops!

He also calls for a restoration of the spreading of democracy by the US government. I guess he still agrees with the 2003 Iraq invasion.

The criticisms of Russia are fair, but he doesn't go far enough with his critique of China. The dictatorship there has moved on to even newer methods than the author cites.

And the criticism of Trump is laughable. I suppose that's because Trump opposed the neocons.

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Koo Tat Kee

Is our world still safe for democracy?

December 22, 2019

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Today we are living in the era of global authoritarian resurgence. Democracy which is believed to be the default form of government, is not advancing but backsliding across the globe. On the other hand, the promotion of democracy is thwarted. The author warns that we are approaching the breaking point of the collapse of democratic system. In this case, our liberty is at stake because without stable democracy, there will be no effective safeguard against its violation.

However, democracy is under the threats from authoritarian regimes originating principally from Russia and China. The book goes into detail about what these two countries are doing in undermining democratic values and practices. Threats to democracy need to be pushed back before it can survive. Worse still, the quality of American democracy is deteriorating under Donald Trump’s presidency. According to the author, Donald Trump is a rule breaking, anti-foreign, anti-liberal and anti-democratic populist. Thus, Trump’s disrespect to democracy gives rise to opportunities for intensified assault on human freedom by autocrats around the world in case the strongest democratic state, the United States begins to give in to the temptation of authoritarianism.

Democracy is consolidated only when people have unconditional faith in it as the only game in town; as the only legitimate and the most superior form of governance that they have ever imagined and experimented. However, the longevity of democracy cannot be taken for granted; it needs to be defended against corrosion. As our artefact, democracy will flourish if and only if it is not given up by us, the ordinary people especially when we are having a hard time. Also, those who wield power can make a big difference in our faith in democracy. By adhering to the norms of liberal regimes such as transparency, accountability, toleration of dissidents, respect of law and checks and balances, political leaders are able to uphold our confidence in democracy.

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