Democracy : stories from the long road to freedom

Author

Condoleezza Rice

Call Number

• 321.8 R4955 (CEN)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York : Twelve, 2017.

Physical Description

486 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Contents

• Prologue
• Introduction: Is democracy in retreat?
• The American experience
• Russia and the weight of history
• Martial law and the origins of Polish democracy
• Ukraine: "a made up country"?
• Kenya: "Save our beloved country"
• Colombia: the era of democratic security
• The Middle East: can democracy exist in a cauldron? Iraq: when tyrants fall ; Egypt and Tunisia: when old men fail ; Arab monarchies: will they reform?
• Are authoritarians so bad?
• What democracy must deliver
• "Democracy is the worst... except for all the others"
• Epilogue: they will look to America
• 2016.