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What should we do, then?įortunately, we can learn how to identify and withstand tyranny by what we have learned from the past. It means that tyranny may be in the offing again. The experience of Fascism, Nazism, and Communism in the twentieth century was like a cruel, difficult to remember past that could no chance to return.īut things may be different dramatically in the future. A brisk read packed with lucid prose.Not long ago, many Americans supposed that the future would slowly bring advancement for us to reach a globalized world of welfare and wisdom. Snyder detects dangerous trends in American politics that may be less visible to most citizens who cannot believe that our country, with its system of checks and balances, could succumb to illiberalism or authoritarianism.” -Darryl Holter, Los Angeles Review of Books “ On Tyranny demands to be read.” - The Forward These 128 pages are a brief primer in every important thing we might have learned from the history of the last century, and all that we appear to have forgotten.” -Tim Adams, The Guardian “The perfect clear-eyed antidote to Trump’s deliberate philistinism. These unpretentious words remind us that political resistance isn’t a matter of action-movie heroics, but starts from a willingness to break from social expectations.” - Jeet Heer, The New Republic “Snyder is superbly positioned to bring historical thinking to bear on the current political scene. “As Timothy Snyder explains in his fine and frightening On Tyranny, a minority party now has near-total power and is therefore understandably frightened of awakening the actual will of the people.” -Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker Read it carefully and be on the lookout for symptoms.” -Daniel W. Approach this short book the same you would a medical pamphlet warning about an infectious disease. It is impossible to read aphorisms like ‘post-truth is pre-fascism’ and not feel a small chill about the current state of the Republic. A memorable work that is grounded in history yet imbued with the fierce urgency of what now.” -Carlos Lozada, The Washington Post A slim book that fits alongside your pocket Constitution and feels only slightly less vital. “Easily the most compelling volume among the early resistance literature. He has written the rare kind of book that can be read in one sitting but will keep you coming back to help regain your bearings.” -Masha Gessen

“Timothy Snyder reasons with unparalleled clarity, throwing the past and future into sharp relief. This American writer leaves us with no illusions about ourselves.” -Svetlana Alexievich, Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature On Tyranny is a call to arms and a guide to resistance, with invaluable ideas for how we can preserve our freedoms in the uncertain years to come. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience. We are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism, or communism. Today, our political order faces new threats, not unlike the totalitarianism of the twentieth century. The Founding Fathers tried to protect us from the threat they knew, the tyranny that overcame ancient democracy. He has written the rare kind of book that can be read in one sitting but will keep you coming back to help regain your bearings.”-Masha Gessen

A “bracing” ( Vox) guide for surviving and resisting America’s turn towards authoritarianism, from “a rising public intellectual unafraid to make bold connections between past and present” ( The New York Times).

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