The road to unfreedom : Russia, Europe, America
Timothy Snyder
Bok · Engelsk · 2018
| Omfang | 359, xviii
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| Utgave | First edition.
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| Opplysninger | Preface -- Prologue -- Individualism or totalitarianism -- Succession or failure -- Integration or empire -- Novelty or eternity -- Truth or lies -- Equality or oligarchy -- Epilogue.. - Publisher description: "With the end of the Cold War, the victory of liberal democracy was thought to be absolute—but we now know this to be premature. Authoritarianism first returned in Russia, as Putin developed a political system around the consolidation and exercise of power. In the past six years, it has crept from east to west as nationalism inflames Europe, abetted by Russian propaganda and cyberwarfare. While countries such as Poland and Hungary have made hard turns towards authoritarianism, the electoral upsets of 2016 revealed the citizens of the US and the UK in revolt against their countries’ longstanding policies and values. In this forceful and unsparing work of contemporary history, Snyder goes beyond the headlines to expose the true nature of the threat to democracy. By showcasing the stark choices before us—between equality and oligarchy, individuality and 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."
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| ISBN | 9780525574477
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