{"product_id":"9781847924889-on-tyranny","title":"On Tyranny","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTwenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century\u003cbr\u003eHistory does not repeat, but it does instruct. European history shows us that societies can break, democracies can fall, ethics can collapse, and people can find themselves in unimaginable circumstances. Today, we are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to totalitarianism in the twentieth century. This book deals with this topic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e #1 BESTSELLER **\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE BOOK TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND WHY DEMOCRACY IS FAILING IN 2025\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003cb\u003eThe most coherent manifesto on confronting Trump’ \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the twentieth century, European democracies collapsed into fascism, Nazism and communism. These were movements in which a leader or a party claimed to give voice to the people, promised to protect them from global existential threats, and rejected reason in favour of myth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEuropean history shows us that societies can break, democracies can fall, ethics can collapse, and ordinary people can find themselves in unimaginable circumstances.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eToday, we are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to totalitarianism in the twentieth century. But when the political order seems imperilled, our advantage is that we can learn from their experience to resist the advance of tyranny.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'These 128 pages are a brief primer in every important thing we might have learned from the history of the last century, and all that we appear to have forgotten' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Clarifying and unnerving… a memorable work that is grounded in history yet imbued with the fierce urgency of what now.’ \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Please read this book. So smart, so timely.' George Saunders\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31710264229985,"sku":"9781847924889","price":8.51,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32165313.jpg?v=1737017825","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781847924889-on-tyranny","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}