You’ve probably heard about, read about, or learned about everything recounted in this book. But Snyder knits together the “then“ and “now“ into a narrative that takes on a whole different quality - a frightening quality - which shatters our closely held illusions about the security of our America and illuminates what we must confront today. Read it, and give a copy to all of your friends.

Highest possible recommendation. Accurate historical context for what is going on in the world today

This is an excellent comparison of current events in America against historical equivalents. Each chapter builds on the last to guide the reader from the primary building blocks of fascism, to the nuanced and insidious ways it infects democracy. I can’t say that reading this brought me any peace of mind, but it’s brought me a sense of understanding where things may go, and its sharpened my senses to these machinations of the second Trump administration.

On Tyranny is a fascinating and a well documented historical account of intentional efforts to establish authoritarian regimes. As the author states from the outset: history is instructive. I sent a copy to my granddaughter who is majoring in political science. Bravo, Dr. Snyder.

It’s an articulate analysis for the US and other democracies around the world to wake up to all of the danger signals which are eerily reminiscent of the worst chapters in history. If more of us recognize the underlying methodology between language and actions of during autocrats perhaps those who enable either by action or inaction will wake up to the reality of what’s at stake in the current geopolitical environment. The author pulls no punches. Perhaps if more people learn of the true origins of make america great again, america first, enemies of the people, fake news, and systematically repeated lies, and inanely insidious name calling, we might have some honest reflections on the precipice we face with the upcoming presidential election.

Good advice for us all.

Be prepared to use the highlighter, this is a must read.

Started off decent, but quickly lost interest once I kept noticing the incessant and quite apparent anti-trump rhetoric and “parallels” between Trump and Nazism and Hitler. It was a little much…and I truly went into this book from a completely neutral stance. Interestingly you could draw all of the same parallels in regards to President Biden now circa 2022.

Not bad

Those that can’t remember the past are condemned to repeat. We can’t take democracy for granted.