Books by Timothy Snyder

2. Timothy Snyder, The Reconstruction of Nations: Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus, 1569-1999 .  I fear this book will become increasingly relevant, as it is a good introduction to what appear to be a number of growing hotspots.  The 1569 Lublin Union created a Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.  How did that matter, how was it the ethnic issues in that region never were settled, and have we recreated a Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth today?  This book is good on all those questions and more.

The author is Timothy Snyder and the subtitle is The Holocaust as History and Warning .  Here is one bit:

The author is Timothy Snyder and the subtitle is Europe Between Hitler and Stalin .  I learned that this period was even bloodier and more brutal than I had thought: