Freedom Betrayed: How America Led a Global Democratic Revolution, Won the Cold War, and Walked Away

Freedom Betrayed: How America Led a Global Democratic Revolution, Won the Cold War, and Walked Away
ISBN-10
0844739928
ISBN-13
9780844739922
Series
Freedom Betrayed
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
208
Language
English
Published
1996
Publisher
American Enterprise Institute
Author
Michael Arthur Ledeen

Description

In Freedom Betrayed, Michael Ledeen weaves together key moments in the fall of communism with the skill of a born storyteller. His insider's knowledge of the interplay of complex personalities and Byzantine strategies makes a compelling narrative - a narrative enlivened by his wit and flair for the dramatic. He observes that just when democracy seemed everywhere triumphant - with the fall of antidemocratic regimes in Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Africa - our leaders failed those fledgling democracies, first by misunderstanding the monumental achievement of that triumph and second by not providing the political, legal, and entrepreneurial know-how and support the new democrats so desperately needed.

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