timothy snyder the road to unfreedom review

How many people fought against that invasion of Crimea? Thirdly, Snyder's own book seems to show that Ukraine was never a country: Snyder shows that it was invented by Lenin, just like Putin has always claimed.

Was Russian propaganda false (the way US propaganda was false about the Iraqis welcoming a liberation)? Does Snyder have any evidence that the Crimean people would prefer to live in Ukraine? Second, did an invasion take place? An invasion usually results in massive casualties. It would be wiser to answer these points instead of simply criticizing those who asked the questions. Snyder criticizes the Europeans and 'Americans' (I suppose he means 'US citizens', not the entire continent from Canada to Chile) who, after Russia's annexation of Crimea, a) followed Russian propaganda, b) doubted whether an invasion had taken place, c) asked whether Ukraine was a country.

Apparently it touched Snyder personally, but, if it was important for the history of the world, the rest of the book doesn't explain why/how. It is also misleading that the book begins with the plane crash of April 2010 in which the Polish president died, as if that was a momentous event in the history of Europe. All the autobiographical stuff is irrelevant (and sometimes only causes a 'rolling my eyes' effect in the reader) and too many sentences are exaggerations or misrepresentations, or simply too vague (like theĬonfusing terms 'politics of eternity' and 'politics of inevitability' that he keeps referring to). Snyder is a professional historian but this book is written in an annoying semi-popular style and one wonders if a ghost writer was hired to create that style. ( Copyright © 2020 Piero Scaruffi | Terms of use)

Timothy snyder the road to unfreedom review