On Freedom

Timothy Snyder

eBook - 2024

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A brilliant exploration of freedom—what it is, how it’s been misunderstood, and why it’s our only chance for survival—by the acclaimed Yale historian and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller On Tyranny“A rigorous and visionary argument . . . Buy or borrow this book, read it, take it to heart.”—The GuardianTimothy Snyder has been called “the leading interpreter of our dark times.” As a historian, he has given us startling reinterpretations of political collapse and mass killing. As a public intellectual, he has turned that knowledge toward counsel and prediction, working against authoritarianism here and abroad. His book On Tyranny has inspired millions around the world to fight for freed...om. Now, in this tour de force of political philosophy, he helps us see exactly what we’re fighting for.Freedom is the great American... more