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The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America

Door Timothy Snyder

Categorie
Geschiedenis Europa
Boeknummer
#374434-XI33
Titel
The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America
Auteur
Snyder, Timothy
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
New York : Tim Duggan Books
Jaar van uitgave
2018
ISBN10
0525574468
ISBN13
9780525574460
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original boards, dust jacket, some small photographic b/w portraits, maps in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting
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 Wester... (Lees verder)n 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.
Pagina's
359
Conditie
Goed — Name on first free endpaper.
Prijs
€ 20,00

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