Spin Dictators: The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century Condition:Well Read Chase and Perkus attempt to

Chase and Perkus attempt to unearth the answers to several mysteries that seem to offer that rarest of artifacts on an island where everything can be bought: Truth

consequence and the treacherous balance between the two reveals Cormac McCarthy at his finest

planets and moons influence our lives

to chasing Gauguin's ghost in French Polynesia

Spin Dictators: The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century Condition:Well Read Chase and Perkus attempt toHow a new breed of dictators holds power by manipulating information and faking democracy. Hitler, Stalin, and Mao ruled through violence, fear, and ideology. But in recent decades, a new breed of media savvy strongmen has been redesigning authoritarian rule for a more sophisticated, globally connected world. In place of overt, mass repression, rulers such as Vladimir Putin, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and Viktor Orbn control their citizens by distorting