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On Tyranny

Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

Timothy Snyder

Discover how to survive and resist America's potential slide into authoritarianism. From a historian of fascism, Twenty Lessons draws from the darkest hours of the twentieth century to provide hope for the twenty-first. With invaluable ideas for preserving our freedoms, this guide to resistance is a call to arms for uncertain years to come.
Publish Date
2017-03-28T00:00:00.000Z
2017-03-28T00:00:00.000Z
Goodreads Rating
4.19
ISBN
9780804190114
Recommendations
9
Recommendations
2018-07-19T12:21:21.000Z
If you're feeling overwhelmed by the rise of fascism and idiocy I found this really helpful And importantly also: short. About to try Snyder's new long book, if anyone's read it?      source
2022-11-06T07:52:59.000Z
« You don’t know, when you make love for the last time, that you are making love for the last time. Voting is like that. » Now is a good time to learn from history. This little book is a powerful recap. If you’re able to vote in the US, please vote this week. It matters. #vote      source
2020-11-15T06:18:25.000Z
Timothy Snyder , the Yale historian and author of "On Tyranny" last week warned 30 USA CEO's about possibility of a "coup d'etat" saying democracies were almost always overthrown from the inside. I read his book last year and recommend it. #TrevorBookClub 👇🏽      source
2019-10-25T12:17:25.000Z
"There isn’t a page of this magnificent book that does not contain some fascinating detail and the narrative is held together with a novelist’s eye for character and theme." #Dominion      source
2020-07-26T01:00:27.000Z
Brilliant thread/summary of his book, worth reading:      source
2022-01-07T12:54:32.000Z
Urge you all to read this book. "On Tyranny: 20 Lessons From the 20th Century” appeared during a time of postelection panic in the US. His deep knowledge as a historian of modern Europe allowed him to identify links between fascism, past & present, & to offer practical advice.      source
2021-01-10T02:34:28.000Z
@michael47818552 Have you read Snyder’s extraordinary book, “On Tyranny”? #Recommended      source
2017-05-21T16:20:37.000Z
Or buy yourself—oh, sorry, buy the "young people"—Timothy Snyder's book *On Tyranny*.      source
2021-10-19T17:06:51.000Z
A Beautifully Illustrated Edition of On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century, the Bestselling Book by Historian Timothy Snyder      source