The Authoritarian Playbook with Ruth Ben-Ghiat of New York University by The Great Battlefield published on 2022-06-20T15:05:30Z Professor of History and Italian Studies, Ruth Ben-Ghiat joins The Great Battlefield podcast to talk about her book "Strongmen: From Mussolini to the Present" which shows how authoritarian leaders around the world came to power and governed through propaganda, violence, corruption, and machismo. Genre News & Politics