On Tyranny
Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Tyranny
Despotism
Political ethics
Modern History
Political culture
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Democracy
20th Century
Modern
Twentieth century
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Essays
Civics & Citizenship
HISTORY
History, modern, 20th century
nyt:paperback-nonfiction=2017-03-19
New York Times bestseller
Europe, politics and government, 20th century
Paperback Edition
128 pages
Published in 2017
by Crown
In previous books, Holocaust historian Timothy Snyder dissected the events and values that enabled the rise of Hitler and Stalin and the execution of their catastrophic policies. With Twenty Lessons, Snyder draws from the darkest hours of the twentieth century to provide hope for the twenty-first. As he writes, "Americans are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism and communism. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience."
