The Origins of Totalitarianism

'The mob always will shout for "the strong man," the "great leader. " For the mob hates the society from which it is excluded'. Hannah Arendt's chilling analysis of the conditions that led to the Nazi and Soviet totalitarian regimes is a warning from history about the fragility of freedom, exploring how propaganda, scapegoats, terror and political isolation all aided the slide towards total domination. 'A non-fiction bookend to Nineteen Eighty-Four. ' The New York Times. 'How could such a book speak so powerfully to our present moment. The short answer is that we, too, live in dark times' Washington Post.