02394cam a2200445 i 4500 2390072096 TxAuBib 20250624120000.0 170403s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2017000492 9780804190114 trade pbk. 0804190119 trade pbk. 9798217087952 99971776779 (OCoLC)968309193 TxAuBib rda Snyder, Timothy, author. On tyranny : twenty lessons from the twentieth century / Timothy Snyder. First edition. New York : Tim Duggan Books, [2017] 126 pages ; 16 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Do not obey in advance -- Defend institutions -- Beware the one-party state -- Take responsibility for the face of the world -- Remember professional ethics -- Be wary of paramilitaries -- Be reflective if you must be armed -- Stand out -- Be kind to our language -- Believe in truth -- Investigate -- Make eye contact and small talk -- Practice corporeal politics -- Establish a private life -- Contribute to good causes -- Learn from peers in other countries -- Listen for dangerous words -- Be calm when the unthinkable arrives -- Be a patriot -- Be as courageous as you can. In previous books, Holocaust historian Timothy Snyder dissected the events and values that enabled the rise of Hitler and Stalin and the execution of their catastrophic policies. With Twenty Lessons, Snyder draws from the darkest hours of the twentieth century to provide hope for the twenty-first. As he writes, "Americans are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism and communism. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience.". 20250624. 1900-1999. fast Despotism. History, Modern 20th century. Political ethics. Democracy United States. Political culture United States. Democracy. fast Despotism. fast History, Modern. fast Political culture. fast Political ethics. fast United States. fast