Timothy Snyder

1 month ago | frontline.thehindu.com | Timothy Snyder |Gowhar Geelani |Vaishna Roy

Historians analyse important periods and events that shape and impact the world in myriad ways. With analytical sweep and the ability to critically evaluate historical events and different periods, intellectual historians also make stimulating predictions for humankind’s collective future. We often get to hear that what has happened in the past may happen again. History may or may not repeat itself but it warns and compels us to draw lessons and informed conclusions—for good or bad.

Nov 28, 2024 | vryeweekblad.com | Timothy Snyder

QUITE a few Americans like the idea of strongman rule. And now we have a president-elect who vows to persecute the enemy within, and who has proposed a cabinet that seems designed to overturn a republic. What’s wrong with that, many ask? Why not a dictator who will get things done? I lived in eastern Europe when memories of communism were fresh. I have visited regions in Ukraine where Russia has imposed its occupation regime.

Nov 12, 2024 | audible.com | Timothy Snyder |Allie Beth Stuckey |Sarah Kendzior |Miranda Devine

With a Foreword by J.D. Vance Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts outlines a peaceful "Second American Revolution" for voters looking to shift the power back into the hands of the people. America is on the brink of destruction. A corrupt and incompetent elite has uprooted our way of life and is brainwashing the next generation. Many so-called conservatives are as culpable as their progressive counterparts.

Nov 8, 2024 | boisestatepublicradio.org | Timothy Snyder |Bob Kustra

Our guest today has been called “the leading interpreter of our dark times.” As a historian, he has provided startling reinterpretations of political collapse and mass killings. His previous book, On Tyranny, became an instant classic, inspiring people around the globe to recognize and resist authoritarianism. In his latest book, On Freedom, Snyder argues we have lost sight of what the great American commitment to freedom really means.

Oct 1, 2024 | literaryreview.co.uk | Timothy Snyder

The late American president Ronald Reagan told a press conference in 1986: ‘The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.”’ That remark typified a growing neoliberal American conviction that freedom should be conceived negatively. The role of the government wasn’t to provide citizens with a ladder and a safety net, as in postwar Britain.