On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Book Details
Author(s)Snyder, Timothy
PublisherTim Duggan Books
ISBN / ASIN0804190119
ISBN-139780804190114
CategoryHistory
MarketplaceCanada 🇨🇦
Description
#1 New York Times Bestseller
The Founding Fathers tried to protect us from the threat they knew, the tyranny that overcame ancient democracy. Today, our political order faces new threats, not unlike the totalitarianism of the twentieth century. We are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism, or communism. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience.
The Founding Fathers tried to protect us from the threat they knew, the tyranny that overcame ancient democracy. Today, our political order faces new threats, not unlike the totalitarianism of the twentieth century. We are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism, or communism. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience.
