Timothy Snyder: On Tyranny (2017, Penguin Random House)
176 pages
English language
Published 2017 by Penguin Random House.
In previous books, Holocaust historian Timothy Snyder dissected the events and values that enabled the rise of Hitler and Stalin and the execution of their catastrophic policies. With Twenty Lessons, Snyder draws from the darkest hours of the twentieth century to provide hope for the twenty-first. As he writes, "Americans are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism and communism. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience."
This graphic novel presents Timothy Snyder's twenty lessons about tyranny perfectly with illustrations from Nora Krug. I read this thanks to my local library, but now I want my own copy so I will support a favourite indie bookstore by purchasing it from them soon.
I want to have those lessons by my side for quick reference over the coming years.
