The Road to Unfreedom – Timothy Snyder

I really loved the last two Snyder books I read, so I wasn’t ready to feel so confused in the first chapter. It seemed disjointed and more jargony. It got better, but it was a struggle. A lot of things were clarified for me (like the fact that is really was Russia who shot down …

The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia – Masha Gessen

I went to Russia in 2001 and really loved it. It’s such a wild and interesting place, and the people were all open and kind. I tried to buy a pear at a little market and the old woman insisted on teaching me how to ask for the pear in Russian before letting me have …