On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century with Timothy Snyder
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- Опубліковано 2 кві 2017
- BOOK TALK at the Museum of Jewish Heritage
(March 30, 2017)
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
(Tim Duggan Books, 2017)
With Professor Tim Snyder, Yale University
From one of this generation’s leading historians, this timely new book serves as a warning for 21st century threats to democracy. Snyder dissects the events and values that enabled the rise of Hitler and Stalin and the implementation of their catastrophic policies.
Co-Presented by 92Y
His emergence as an historian and political thinker has occurred in my absence, being an expat for the last 30 years. His effect upon me is a combination of my maturing and development as a man, however, I am continually shocked by his courage and integrity. He is, to my mind, a must read, his books required reading of History students at every level. He leaves me alarmed and alive to the fraught times that we ignore.
I find myself in agreement with his points on the loss of civic education and centralization of executive power and look forward to this new book on the Obama administration. ....
It's almost like he's psychic ..but that's what history does. He's wonderful