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A review by fulltimefiction
The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America by Timothy Snyder
2.0
While many parts were interesting/informative, I found this book painfully one-sided.
It can be summed up as:
Russia is bad.
Putin is an evil manipulator.
EU is nice.
Trump won the 2016 elections only because of Russia.
Fascists are hiding in public.
Shall we discuss what good did Putin to his country? No no. He’s evil, remember?
This book would’ve been much better if was a bit less subjective. I’m very disappointed because while I agree with many things he said and found some new “enlightening” information, I also cannot trust a book that only paints the bad picture of someone, regardless of whether they have a few or many good deeds.
Still, many things he discussed are worth looking into.
It can be summed up as:
Russia is bad.
Putin is an evil manipulator.
EU is nice.
Trump won the 2016 elections only because of Russia.
Fascists are hiding in public.
Shall we discuss what good did Putin to his country? No no. He’s evil, remember?
This book would’ve been much better if was a bit less subjective. I’m very disappointed because while I agree with many things he said and found some new “enlightening” information, I also cannot trust a book that only paints the bad picture of someone, regardless of whether they have a few or many good deeds.
Still, many things he discussed are worth looking into.