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Reviews of the Book

Harper’s, June 21, 2020. “New Books,” by Julian Lucas.

The Point, July 27, 2020. “Charismatic Models,” by Scott Spillman. Featured on “Arts and Letters Daily.”

TLS, July 31, 2020. “Great Men, Great Myths: The Complex Relationship Between Charisma and Celebrity,” by Sudhir Hazareesingh. Featured on “Arts and Letters Daily.”

TLS Weekly Podcast, July 31, 2020.

The Washington Examiner, August 6, 2020. “The Original Populists,” by Robert Gerwarth.

The New Republic, August 17, 2020. “Can Democracy Handle Charisma?” by Ian Beacock.

Kirkus Reviews, February 18, 2020.

Library Journal, April 1, 2020. By David Keymer.

Publisher’s Weekly, February 27, 2020.

Media

Online conversation with Annette Gordon-Reed on July 30, 2020, hosted by the Cullman Center of the New York Public Library.

Lecture on Men on Horseback at the Graduate Institute of Geneva, June 2020

Excerpt and Related Writings

Introduction to the Book

"Fascism or Caesarism?" in Public Seminar, August 2020

"Trump is a racist demagogue, but he's not a fascist," in The Washington Post, August 2020

"What Donald Trump and George Washington Have in Common," Foreign Policy, August 2020

“Why female leaders are faring better than ‘wartime presidents’ against COVID-19,” Fortune Magazine, August 2020.