About the book: 2021 / Timothy Snyder sets himself a difficult task - to show the reader (and where he comes from or where he lives is not very important, because the world now, no matter how you look at it, is global: thanks to the Internet), what happened and is happening in the states that traditionally determine world politics - in the USA, EU countries, Russia - with liberal democracy, which until recently was considered almost the only guarantee universal happiness. It turned out to be not so difficult to destroy this idea, to undermine the favorable attitude towards her. Chaos on social networks quite easily spills over into chaos in real life. Slander and lies become the main tools of those who, unable to correct the situation in their country, choose the path of destroying the foundations and values ​​of countries that have achieved success in the economy and in the field of human rights protection. It’s up to the reader to agree or disagree with the author, but Snyder provides the perspective necessary for this. The publisher’s design is preserved in PDF A4 format.