6/25/2023 0 Comments Book on tyranny by timothy snyder![]() Krug is an acclaimed creator in her own right her 2018 breakout, the graphic memoir “Belonging: A German Reckons With History and Home,” uneasily examines her grandfather’s Nazi past (which she uncovered) and dodges nothing, facing whatever she can know. I sometimes sigh at all the graphic adaptations out there, many of which are unnecessary. ![]() Snyder refused to name Trump in its pages, referring instead to “a president.” Now he’s out with ON TYRANNY: Twenty Lessons From the Twentieth Century: Graphic Edition (Ten Speed, $24), brilliantly illustrated by the German cartoonist Nora Krug, and updated to include allusions to Covid-19 (also unnamed). A small book, almost a pamphlet (that so-called impulse buy that often sits near the register), and anchored largely in lessons from the Holocaust and from Russian totalitarianism, it was a best seller, readable and galvanizing. ![]() His deep knowledge as a historian of modern Europe allowed him to identify links between fascism, past and present, and also to offer practical advice. Timothy Snyder’s “On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons From the Twentieth Century” appeared in 2017 during a time of postelection panic in the United States. ![]()
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