This webinar, based on the book Death by a Thousand Cuts: The Slow Demise of Democracy (Democracy in Times of Upheaval), will add substance to a much-discussed topic: threats to democracy. While democratic breakdowns may be dramatic events, such as General Pinochet’s violent coup in Chile, or Generalissimo Franco’s overthrow of the Spanish Republic, only five percent of democracies end like that. Most often, popular government is brought down gradually; almost imperceptibly. Putting the current crisis of democracy into historical perspective, the presenter will briefly chronicle how would-be despots, dictators, and outright tyrants have finessed the techniques of killing democracies. This webinar will highlight how complacency is the greatest danger for the survival of government by the people, explore the use of crises as a pretext for dismantling democracy, draw parallels between historic and contemporary attacks on democracies, and offer insights for those struggling to save democracies around the world.