NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of On
Tyranny comes a stunning new chronicle of the rise of authoritarianism from
Russia to Europe and America.
“A brilliant analysis of our time.”—Karl Ove
Knausgaard, The New Yorker
With the end of the Cold War, the victory of liberal
democracy seemed final. Observers declared the end of history, confident in a
peaceful, globalized future. This faith was misplaced. Authoritarianism
returned to Russia, as Vladimir Putin found fascist ideas that could be used to
justify rule by the wealthy. In the 2010s, it has spread from east to west,
aided by Russian warfare in Ukraine and cyberwar in Europe and the United States.
Russia found allies among nationalists, oligarchs, and
radicals everywhere, and its drive to dissolve Western institutions, states,
and values found resonance within the West itself. The rise of populism, the British vote
against the EU, and the election of Donald Trump were all Russian goals, but
their achievement reveals the vulnerability of Western societies.
In this forceful and unsparing work of contemporary
history, based on vast research as well as personal reporting, Snyder goes
beyond the headlines to expose the true nature of the threat to democracy and
law. To understand the challenge is to see, and perhaps renew, the fundamental
political virtues offered by tradition and demanded by the future. By revealing
the stark choices before us--between equality or oligarchy, individuality or
totality, truth and falsehood--Snyder restores our understanding of the basis
of our way of life, offering a way forward in a time of terrible uncertainty.
A wake-up call that aims to restore our understanding
of the basis of our way of life, from the author of international bestseller
On Tyranny.
'One of the best...brisk, conceptually convincing
account of democracy's retreat in the early years of 21st century' Guardian
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.
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 and face the choices that will determine
the future: equality or oligarchy, individualism or totalitarianism, truth or
lies.
'A brilliant and disturbing analysis, which should be
read by anyone wishing to understand the political crisis currently engulfing
the world' Yuval Noah Harari, bestselling author of Sapiens
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