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The Curse of Demagogues: Lessons Learned from the Presidency of Donald J. Trump
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The Curse of Demagogues: Lessons Learned from the Presidency of Donald J. Trump is a collection of thirty-two essays by twenty-two writers that makes the case that the pathway back to a healthy American democracy is for citizens, first, to understand demagogues and, second, to defend against them.
As Joseph J. Ellis, Pulitze
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