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Born in Dayton, Ohio, Timothy Snyder (b. 1969) earned a BA from Brown University and a Doctor of Philosophy degree from Balliol College, Oxford University. He is currently the Levin Professor of History at Yale University, a fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences, and a member of the Committee on Conscience at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. His deep understanding of 20th-century Europe and the United States is evident across most of his writing. He connects various political and historical developments between different cultures. Based on his understanding of the rise and fall of communist and fascist regimes in 20th-century Europe, he sees the early indicators and symptoms of such systems in present-day political and social challenges in the United States. 

Snyder has written over a dozen books, including several best-selling nonfiction books, and published many articles. His books include The Reconstruction of Nations Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus: 1569-1999; Bloodlands: Between Hitler and Stalin (2010), which explores the millions of political killings in Eastern Europe in the 1930s and 1940s; and Thinking the Twentieth Century, which he wrote with Tony Judt. Following his best known book, On Tyranny (2017), Snyder published The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America (2018) and On Freedom in the fall of 2024. On Tyranny saw a resurgence in sales and attention, mostly due to heightened discussions surrounding the 2024 elections in the United States and their outcome.

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