TY - BOOK AU - Anne Applebaum TI - Twilight of democracy: The Failure of Politics and the Parting of Friends SN - 9780241419717 U1 - 320 APP PY - 2020/// CY - Great Britan PB - Allen Lane KW - Political science -- History -- 20th century; Political science -- History -- 21st century; Democracy; International relations; World politics; Nationalism; Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989 N1 - Includes bibliographical references N2 - In the years just before and after the fall of the Berlin Wall, people from across the political spectrum in Europe and America celebrated a great achievement, felt a common purpose and, very often, forged personal friendships. Yet over the following decades the euphoria evaporated, the common purpose and centre ground gradually disappeared, extremism rose once more and eventually - as this book compellingly relates - the relationships soured too ER -