- Published: 15 March 2013
- ISBN: 9780099578321
- Imprint: Vintage
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 352
- RRP: $27.99
The Dictator's Learning Curve
Tyranny and Democracy in The Modern World
- Published: 15 March 2013
- ISBN: 9780099578321
- Imprint: Vintage
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 352
- RRP: $27.99
William Dobson is that rare thinker who combines a gift for storytelling with a farsighted understanding of how the world works. He is one of the best new voices writing about global politics today
Fareed Zakaria
A brilliant and original analysis of the nature of modern authoritarianism
Anne Applebaum, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Gulag
It is hard to imagine a timelier book than this one... Anyone seeking to make sense of the extraordinary tide of revolutions and protests sweeping around the world will find [this] an indispensable read
Anne-Marie Slaughter, Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University, and former Director of Policy Planning, U.S. State Department
Intelligent and absorbing...Mr Dobson's book, with luck, will find its ways into the hands of people who aspire to be free
New York Times
Timely, authoritative and as readable as a novel
Prospect
Says something really fresh about the world we live in
Sunday Telegraph, Books of the Year
An astute analysis
Sunday Business Post
Timely
Big Issue in the North
Fascinating
Good Book Guide