This is a fairly depressing survey of the stay of worldwide democracy from a writer who has made her reputation as the biographer of soviet totalitarianism. Coming from the right she has more sympathy for the “legitimate concerns” than I would allow. And she also gets some basic facts wrong. The Lega not Liga. Paul Watson is English not American and Silone who she quotes at the end as a voice of left wing integrity was revealed to be an informer for the fascists. Still this insiders view is worth reading though more action will be needed down the line.