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On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century (eBook) by Timothy Snyder

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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.
On Tyranny is a call to arms and a guide to resistance, with invaluable ideas for how we can preserve our freedoms in the uncertain years to come.

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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.
On Tyranny is a call to arms and a guide to resistance, with invaluable ideas for how we can preserve our freedoms in the uncertain years to come.

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Another, very similar themed book is, "How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them", by Jason Stanley.

Jason Stanley, Timothy Snyder (the author of this book), and Marci Shore (married to Timothy Snyder) were all Yale professors and all have fled the United States to teach at the University of Toronto in Fall 2025.
Internet Archive has the pdf for free. Idk if I'm allowed to link, but: https://ia801505.us.archive.org/1...org%29.pdf.
Now it should be a required reading for every American.

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Great book! I wish this sale was available before I bought the actual book.
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Precisely!!
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Another, very similar themed book is, "How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them", by Jason Stanley.

Jason Stanley, Timothy Snyder (the author of this book), and Marci Shore (married to Timothy Snyder) were all Yale professors and all have fled the United States to teach at the University of Toronto in Fall 2025.
Last edited by EngineerDude April 29, 2025 at 02:06 PM.
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Great book! Good gifts!
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Now it should be a required reading for every American.
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Quote from fongch :
Now it should be a required reading for every American.

Agreed. It is a game changer
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Quote from EngineerDude :
Another, very similar themed book is, "How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them", by Jason Stanley.Jason Stanley, Timothy Snyder (the author of this book), and Marci Shore (married to Jason Stanley) were all Yale professors and all have fled the United States to teach at the University of Toronto in Fall 2025.
Timothy Snyder and Marci Shore are the ones that are married.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Snyder
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Internet Archive has the pdf for free. Idk if I'm allowed to link, but: https://ia801505.us.archive.org/1...org%29.pdf.
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Quote from PurplePolice460 :
Timothy Snyder and Marci Shore are the ones that are married.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Snyder
Corrected my post, thank you!
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Quote from MerryHerring4303 :
Internet Archive has the pdf for free. Idk if I'm allowed to link, but: https://ia801505.us.archive.org/1...org%29.pdf.
For that matter, it's probably also available from your local library (at the moment).

Of course, you may have other reasons for wanting a legit personal copy, though physical may be better for that. (Prices are currently $7.31 new paperback, used for $3.12.)
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Quote from fongch :
Now it should be a required reading for every American.
I read this at the beginning of Covid. Some of the flags were uncanny. Like, "I can't believe we're going through this -- it's just like the book said. Once the administration changed I thought I'd never have to think about it again. But there you go. What's old is new again.

Great book and essential information about threats to democracy for any American.
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Audible has an Extended and Updated ed. of this book in audio book form. Also, Bloodlands by Timothy Snyder is available in full on Youtube.
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Short and digestible in chapters. Great topical materials too.
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Quote from EngineerDude :
Jason Stanley, Timothy Snyder (the author of this book), and Marci Shore (married to Timothy Snyder) were all Yale professors and all have fled the United States to teach at the University of Toronto in Fall 2025.
Timothy Snyder did not flee the US, that is a common and unfortunate misconception. He actually moved to Toronto in the summer of 2024, when Biden was still president. He wrote about it here: https://yaledailynews.com/blog/20...ving-yale/
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Quote from appel :
Timothy Snyder did not flee the US, that is a common and unfortunate misconception. He actually moved to Toronto in the summer of 2024, when Biden was still president. He wrote about it here: https://yaledailynews.com/blog/20...ving-yale/ [yaledailynews.com]
Why let facts get in the way of a good narrative
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