![]() ![]() We are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism, or communism. “Today, our political order faces new threats, not unlike the totalitarianism of the twentieth century. ![]() “The Founding Fathers tried to protect us from the threat they knew, the tyranny that overcame ancient democracy,” writes Snyder, the Levin Professor of History at Yale University. Snyder’s book looks at the history of Europe during the 20th century, seeking to uncover what sparked the change from democratic governments to authoritarian regimes in several European countries. “History doesn’t repeat, but it does instruct” is the ethos of Timothy Snyder's new book, ‘On Tyranny-Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century.” Four Cornell professors will be holding a community read and public discussion of Snyder’s book that has been described as presenting “twenty lessons from the twentieth century adapted to the circumstances of today.” ![]()
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