**AN ECONOMIST AND THE TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR**'Essential and definitive' CATHERINE BELTON
author of PUTIN'S PEOPLE We are in a new era. From Trump Putin and Bolsonaro to Erdogan Xi
and Modi self-styled strongmen have become a central feature of global politics. At home they
claim to be standing up for ordinary people against 'globalist' elites abroad they posture as
the embodiment of their nation. And everywhere they go they encourage a cult of personality.
How and why did this new style of authoritarian leadership arrive? How likely is it to lead the
world into war and economic collapse? And what liberal forces are in place not only to keep
these strongmen in check but to reverse the trend? The Age of the Strongman explores these
essential questions and offers a bold new portrait of our world. 'TIMELY LASER-SHARP... A
MUST-READ' PETER FRANKOPAN'FORCEFUL... A BOOK WHOSE SIGNIFICANCE IS ENHANCED BY UNPREDICTABLE
EVENTS' MISHA GLENNY'WIDE-RANGING AND ASTUTE' THE ECONOMIST
