Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present by Ruth Ben-Ghiat

Eat brunch and discuss "Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present".

From the publisher: "What modern authoritarian leaders have in common (and how they can be stopped).
Ruth Ben-Ghiat is the expert on the "strongman" playbook employed by authoritarian demagogues from Mussolini to Putin―enabling her to predict with uncanny accuracy the recent experience in America and Europe. In Strongmen, she lays bare the blueprint these leaders have followed over the past 100 years, and empowers us to recognize, resist, and prevent their disastrous rule in the future."

Note: it's recommended, but not required to have read/finished the book to join the meeting.