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On Tyranny: by Timothy Snyder | Conversation Starters
In Timothy Snyder’s book, “On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century,” he uses his profession of historian to highlight how American society is turning into one run by the system of authoritarianism rather than the democracy was founded upon. He cites the Founding Fathers’ warning of the tyranny we are facing today and gives suggestions as to how we can resist the tyranny of our day and sustain the democracy America was founded upon.
“On Tyranny” made the number one spot on the New York Time’s bestseller list and has received an astounding rating of 4.5 stars on Amazon.
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In Timothy Snyder’s book, “On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century,” he uses his profession of historian to highlight how American society is turning into one run by the system of authoritarianism rather than the democracy was founded upon. He cites the Founding Fathers’ warning of the tyranny we are facing today and gives suggestions as to how we can resist the tyranny of our day and sustain the democracy America was founded upon.
“On Tyranny” made the number one spot on the New York Time’s bestseller list and has received an astounding rating of 4.5 stars on Amazon.
A Brief Look Inside:
EVERY GOOD BOOK CONTAINS A WORLD FAR DEEPER
than the surface of its pages. The characters and their world come alive,
and the characters and its world still live on.
Conversation Starters is peppered with questions designed to
bring us beneath the surface of the page
and invite us into the world that lives on.
These questions can be used to..
Create Hours of Conversation:
• Foster a deeper understanding of the book
• Promote an atmosphere of discussion for groups
• Assist in the study of the book, either individually or corporately
• Explore unseen realms of the book as never seen before
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5So true. Hater will hate but this is straight facts.
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Trump and tyranny??? Snyder is no scholar. Just a misguided pulp fictionalist
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Poorly written summary; it reads like a book report by a student who didn’t read the book.
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