Books from the perspective of a dictator supporter who realised their idol was actually evil?
I’m curious if there are any books from the perspective of regular people who were swayed by an ideology (communism, nazism, fascism etc) and later on realised the movement was actually evil/ bad for them?
This one is historical fiction and your description sounds like you might be looking for nonfiction, but I think The Last King of Scotland fits the bill nonetheless. The (fictional) main character was deeply fascinated with (very real) Idi Amin until he wasn’t. Afaik, all the events referenced in the book are real, just the actual main character was not.
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I recently read The God That Failed, a collection of six authors recounting how they were attracted to communism, only to decide that Stalin wasn’t so great before WW2, including a particularly good one by Richard Wright. Also mentioned by one of the pieces was I Chose Freedom by Victor Kravchenko, written after the author defected to the west.
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This one is historical fiction and your description sounds like you might be looking for nonfiction, but I think The Last King of Scotland fits the bill nonetheless. The (fictional) main character was deeply fascinated with (very real) Idi Amin until he wasn’t. Afaik, all the events referenced in the book are real, just the actual main character was not.
I recently read The God That Failed, a collection of six authors recounting how they were attracted to communism, only to decide that Stalin wasn’t so great before WW2, including a particularly good one by Richard Wright. Also mentioned by one of the pieces was I Chose Freedom by Victor Kravchenko, written after the author defected to the west.
George Orwell: 1984