Autocracy in America
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Top mentioned books
Here are the most frequently recommended books on the Autocracy in America podcast:
#1 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Autocracy, Inc.
The Dictators Who Want to Run the World
Anne Applebaum
#2 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Deidys
Volodymyr Vakulenko
#3 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood
#4 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Gulag Archipelago
An Experiment in Literary Investigation
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
#5 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Taming Silicon Valley
How We Can Ensure That AI Works for Us
Gary Marcus
#6 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Autocrats vs. Democrats
Michael McFaul
#7 Mentioned in 1 episodes
1984
George Orwell
#8 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Federalist Papers
A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the New Constitution
James Madison
Alexander Hamilton
John Jay
