The road to unfreedom Russia, Europe, America Timothy Snyder
Material type: TextLanguage: English Publisher: London The Bodley Head [2018]Copyright date: © 2018Description: 6, 359 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten (schwarz-weiß)Content type:- Text
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- Band
- 9781847925275
- 9781847925268
- Authoritarianism -- Western countries -- 21st century
- Democracy -- Western countries -- 21st century
- Western countries -- Politics and government -- 21st century
- Western countries -- Relations -- Russia (Federation)
- Russia (Federation) -- Relations -- Western countries
- Class of Spring 2019
- Class of Spring 2012
- Guest speaker
- Russland
- Europa
- USA
- Autoritärer Staat
- Unfreiheit
- Außenpolitik
- Geschichte 2010-2018
- 320.53094 23
- D863
- NQ 5830
- 89.30
- 89.90
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single unit book | HAC Library - Holdings of the American Academy in Berlin HAC – 1st floor – Library Room – Open Stacks | F (Affiliated) | F:D863 .S59 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 2023-5950 |
Includes bibliographical references
Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke
Prologue -- Individualism or totalitarianism -- Succession or failure -- Integration or empire -- Novelty or eternity -- Truth or lies -- Equality or oligarchy -- Epilogue
"From the author of On Tyranny comes a stunning new chronicle of the rise of authoritarianism from Russia to Europe and America. With the end of the Cold War, the victory of liberal democracy was thought to be final. Observers declared the end of history, confident in a peaceful, globalized future. This faith was misplaced. Authoritarianism returned to Russia, as 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 and information war 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 and the uncertain character of Western political order. This fundamental challenge to democracy presents an opportunity to better understand the pillars of our own political order. 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. 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"--Provided by publisher
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