Madeleine Albright, the former secretary of state, is worried about democracy. Albright's next book, \u201cFascism,\u201d is a warning that democratic governments are \u201cfragile\u201d and the United States under President Donald Trump is enduring its own crisis. \u201cThe author examines the economic, religious, racial, and cultural factors that are today dividing populations and fostering bigotry across the globe, while also looking at how demagogues from Mussolini to Duterte have attracted followers by exploiting fear, nurturing anger, and promising easy answers to complex problems,\u201d according to HarperCollins. \u201cFascism\u201d is part of a two-book deal with HarperCollins and will come out April 2018, the publisher told The Associated Press on Wednesday. Her second book, not yet titled, will be a memoir about her years since leaving the State Department in 2001. Albright, who served under President Bill Clinton, has written the memoirs \u201cPrague Winter\u201d and \u201cMadam Secretary.\u201d At least two other books by former secretaries of state are scheduled. Hillary Clinton's book of essays will be out this fall. John Kerry, who succeeded Clinton in the Obama administration, is working on a memoir. Former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice, who served under president George W. Bush, recently published \u201cDemocracy.\u201d Rice's book examines self-government worldwide and urges the U.S. to be a leader in advocating for freedom and human rights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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