Nora Krug is a German-American author and illustrator whose drawings and visual narratives have appeared in publications internationally. It is an act of resistance - and a gift of love - Joshua Oppenheimer, filmmaker, The Act of Killing and The Look of Silence A chilling description of how authoritarian mindsets work - Hillary Clinton About the Author This book should be read and experienced by everyone, its lessons carved into our hearts - Nate Powell, graphic novelist, March and Save It for Later Krug's illustrated edition of On Tyranny is more than an instant classic.
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a manual for how to protect and preserve Democracy - Ken Burns, filmmaker Nora Krug has visualized and rendered some of the most valuable lessons of the 20th century - Shepard Fairey, artist and activist Her colorful images here - some drawn and some collaged, including many historical photos and artifacts - add a new layer of complexity, and make the search for understanding in images of the past part of the story ― New York Times One of the most important books of our time. Abrams, filmmaker, Star Trek and Star Wars: The Force Awakens On Tyranny is a must read, a clear-eyed guidebook.
Vastly important, deeply affecting, powerful, magnificent - Philippe Sands, author of East West Street and The Ratline A more concise, profound, or essential book on the subject does not exist - J.J. In a time of uncertainty and instability, On Tyranny emphasizes the importance of deliberate participation in resistance.
In this graphic edition, award-winning illustrator Nora Krug creates a highly inventive, vivid portrait of those important lessons, bringing action to life with colour and creativity. In On Tyranny, Timothy Snyder provided twenty essential lessons to avoid the same fate as the Europeans who saw democracy yield to totalitarianism. Societies can break, democracies can fall, ethics can collapse, and ordinary people can find themselves in unimaginable circumstances. From Nazism to 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. In the twentieth century, European democracies collapsed into fascism. A graphic edition of Timothy Snyder's On Tyranny, the New York Times bestselling guide to protect democracy and resist modern-day authoritarianism.
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