Snyder, Timothy
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
- ISBN 13:
- 9781847924889
- author:
- Snyder, Timothy
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Vintage Publishing
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2017
- Pages:
- 128
- Dimensions:
- 19.8 x 12.9 x 0.9 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Nonfiction, Politics, History & Theory,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
A Brief Primer on Tyranny In the twentieth century, European democracies collapsed into fascism, Nazism and communism. These movements claimed to give voice to the people, promised to protect them from global threats, and rejected reason in favour of myth. European history shows us that societies can break, democracies can fall, ethics can collapse, and ordinary people can find themselves in unimaginable circumstances. History can familiarise, and it can warn. Today, we are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to totalitarianism in the twentieth century. But when the political order seems imperilled, our advantage is that we can learn from their experience to resist the advance of tyranny. This book offers a concise primer on the lessons of the past, providing a warning and a guide for the present. With 128 pages of concise analysis, On Tyranny Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century provides a timely reminder of the dangers of authoritarianism and the importance of defending democracy.
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