Between Tyranny And Freedom: A Cautionary Tale Of Survival And Resurrection

Between Tyranny and Freedom recounts one man's journey: a boyhood in freedom and then his subsequent loss of freedom followed by a way-too-soon leap into manhood. The man in Alexandra's true story is her father, told to her decades after his ordeals-after the wounds of his ordeal had time to heal. It is his story, that of one man, yet is more so because we are able to witness over the expanse of a lifetime much about the human psyche and human condition. It is especially relevant today as we are confronted on one stage with the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and on another stage (too close to home) civil unrest unseen in American history in ways that a decade ago was unthinkable. Behind the scenes of her father's saga is the question of how a society is structured to govern itself. Two-and-a-half millennia ago, the ancient Greeks identified three types of governance, each with its pro and con aspects. Freedom-seeking Greeks identified and recorded how to avoid various types of tyranny. The Poland/Ukraine encounters have two of these types: dictatorship in the form of Nazi Germany, and later oligarchy in the presence of Soviet Russia. Note: The third type of tyranny "rule by majority" is prevalent in today's school boards, traditional and social media, identity politics, and government. Of particular interest is the location where the story begins- the Borderlands of Eastern Poland. And yet, this very area of Eastern Poland has been for the last several decades Western Ukraine which is now under egregious attack from a neighboring bully. Ukrainians are fighting for their lives. So was Alexandra's father, Tadeusz Mazur.

• | Author: Alexandra Mazur Smith
• | Publisher: Lectio Publishing Llc
• | Publication Date: Nov 11, 2022
• | Number of Pages: 112 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1943901287
• | ISBN-13: 9781943901289