Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World - Paperbackby Anne Applebaum (Author) From the Pulitzer prize winning, New York Times bestselling author, an alarming account of how autocracies work together to undermine the democratic world, and how we should organize to defeat them We think we know what an autocratic state looks like: There is an all powerful leader at the top. He controls the police. The police threaten the people with violence. There are evil collaborators, and maybe some brave dissidents.