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Books like The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America
The best books like The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America are Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, and Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind. The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America by Timothy Snyder is about authoritarianism, propaganda, russian politics. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
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Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
Yuval Noah Harari · History
Homo Deus picks up where Sapiens left off, but turns to face the other direction.
A kindred history read.
Read the summary → - 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
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21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Yuval Noah Harari · Philosophy
Where Sapiens traced humanity's past and Homo Deus speculated about its future, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century plants itself in the present.
A kindred history read.
Read the summary → - Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari · History
Sapiens traces the full arc of human history from the emergence of Homo sapiens in Africa roughly 70,000 years ago to the present.
A kindred history read.
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- Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
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Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
Anne Applebaum · History
Anne Applebaum opens Twilight of Democracy with a party she and her husband hosted on New Year's Eve 1999, celebrating the new millennium with a hundred friends and colleagues in Poland.
Shares authoritarianism and democracy with The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America.
Read the summary → - How Democracies Die
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Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt · Politics
Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt are Harvard comparative politics scholars who have spent their careers studying how democracies break down in Latin America and Europe.
Shares authoritarianism and democracy with The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America.
Read the summary → - The End of Power
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Moisés Naím · Politics
The End of Power is Moisés Naím's argument that power — the ability to make others do what you want — is becoming easier to acquire, harder to consolidate, and faster to lose.
Shares democracy and geopolitics with The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America.
Read the summary → - Democracy in America
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Alexis de Tocqueville · History
Democracy in America, published in two volumes in 1835 and 1840, is Alexis de Tocqueville's analysis of the democratic experiment in the United States as a model for what was coming to Europe.
Both dig into democracy.
Read the summary → - History of the Peloponnesian War
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History of the Peloponnesian War
Thucydides · History
Thucydides' account of the twenty-seven-year conflict between Athens and Sparta stands as the founding document of political realism and the first work of history that treats evidence and causation as problems to be solved rather than stories to be told.
Both dig into democracy.
Read the summary → - On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
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On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder · History
On Tyranny is Timothy Snyder's brief handbook drawn from the history of twentieth-century authoritarianism.
Both dig into democracy.
Read the summary → - Political Order and Political Decay
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Political Order and Political Decay
Francis Fukuyama · History
Political Order and Political Decay is the second volume of Francis Fukuyama's ambitious two-volume study of political development.
Both dig into democracy.
Read the summary → - The Anatomy of Fascism
- The Changing World Order
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Ray Dalio · History
The Changing World Order is Ray Dalio's attempt to map the long arc of rising and declining empires through a systematic historical framework, with the explicit goal of understanding whether the United States is in decline and what a world with China as a co-dominant power would look like.
Both dig into geopolitics.
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Books like The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America: quick answers
What are the best books like The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America?
The best books like The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America by Timothy Snyder are Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari, Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism by Anne Applebaum, How Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America, such as authoritarianism, propaganda, russian politics.
What should I read after The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America?
A natural next read after The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America is Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari. A kindred history read. Other strong choices are 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari, Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism by Anne Applebaum.
What books are similar to The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America by Timothy Snyder?
The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America centers on authoritarianism, propaganda, russian politics. Books with a similar feel include Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari, Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism by Anne Applebaum, How Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, The End of Power by Moisés Naím — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
