My Fabulous Fascist Summer Vacation: Including Stop Stealing the Future: Chronicles of Ukrainian Resistance

This expanded second edition brings together two of Brian Gruber's journeys through a Europe confronting the defining political challenges of our time. In My Fabulous Fascist Summer Vacation, Gruber travels overland from Lisbon to Istanbul, interviewing historians, activists, artists, political thinkers, and everyday citizens to examine the resurgence of authoritarianism, nationalism, and democratic backsliding across Europe-and the lessons these movements may hold for the United States. Part Two, Stop Stealing the Future: Chronicles of the Ukrainian Resistance, documents three weeks spent traveling through wartime Ukraine. Through more than forty interviews with soldiers, teachers, journalists, volunteers, artists, historians, students, and ordinary citizens, Gruber presents an oral history of a nation determined to preserve its culture, humanity, and future despite the devastation of Russia's invasion. Together, these companion works explore democracy, authoritarianism, resistance, and the enduring resilience of ordinary people.