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The Road to Unfreedom Timothy Snyder

The Road to Unfreedom By Timothy Snyder

The Road to Unfreedom by Timothy Snyder


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Summary

And if Moscow's drive to dissolve Western states and values succeeds, this could become our reality too.

In this visionary work of contemporary history, Timothy Snyder shows how Russia works within the West to destroy the West;

The Road to Unfreedom Summary

The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America by Timothy Snyder

'A brilliant and disturbing analysis, which should be read by anyone wishing to understand the political crisis currently engulfing the world' YUVAL NOAH HARARI, author of SAPIENS

*SELECTED AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE*

The past is another country, the old saying goes. The same might be said of the future. But which country? For Europeans and Americans today, the answer is Russia.

Today's Russia is an oligarchy propped up by illusions and repression. But it also represents the fulfilment of tendencies already present in the West. And if Moscow's drive to dissolve Western states and values succeeds, this could become our reality too.

In this visionary work of contemporary history, Timothy Snyder shows how Russia works within the West to destroy the West; by supporting the far right in Europe, invading Ukraine in 2014, and waging a cyberwar during the 2016 presidential campaign and the EU referendum. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the creation of Donald Trump, an American failure deployed as a Russian weapon.

But this threat presents an opportunity to better understand the pillars of our freedoms, confront our own complacency and seek renewal. History never ends, and this new challenge forces us to face the choices that will determine the future: equality or oligarchy, individualism or totalitarianism, truth or lies.

The Road to Unfreedom helps us to see our world as if for the first time. It is necessary reading for any citizen of a democracy.

The Road to Unfreedom Reviews

A brilliant and disturbing analysis, which should be read by anyone wishing to understand the political crisis currently engulfing the world -- YUVAL NOAH HARARI, author of SAPIENS and HOMO DEUS
This story of how Russia dismantled democracy, and the man who set its template for fake news, is chilling and persuasive ... unignorable... a disturbing and persuasive insight... Snyder's forensic examination of, for example the news cycle that followed the shooting down of flight MH17 makes essential reading ... Meticulously researched and footnoted. -- Tim Adams * Observer *
One of the best...brisk, conceptually convincing account of democracy's retreat in the early years of 21st century -- Luke Harding * Guardian *
Snyder's central thesis is a strong one... Vividly and insightfully told. -- Edward Lucas * The Times *
A rollercoaster world calls for a news editor's skills in processing facts and a philosopher's ability to dissect ideologies. He has both. * The Economist *

About Timothy Snyder

Timothy Snyder is Levin Professor of History at Yale University, and has written and edited a number of critically acclaimed and prize-winning books about twentieth-century European history: his most recent book, On Tyranny, was an international bestseller.

Previous books include Black Earth, which was longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize; and Bloodlands, which won the Hannah Arendt Prize, the Leipzig Book Prize for European Understanding, the Ralph Waldo Emerson Award in the Humanities and the literature award of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

His books have been translated into more than forty languages.

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GOR009028390
9781847925268
184792526X
The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America by Timothy Snyder
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Vintage Publishing
20180405
368
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