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001 2008021492
003 DLC
005 20081113133604.0
008 080520s2008 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008021492
020 $a9780374158477 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a0374158479 (hardcover : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn213300733
035 $a(OCoLC)213300733
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050 00 $aJZ1480$b.T73 2008
082 00 $a327.73$222
100 1 $aTraub, James.
245 14 $aThe freedom agenda :$bwhy America must spread democracy (just not the way George Bush did) /$cJames Traub.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bFarrar, Straus and Giroux,$c2008.
300 $a262 p. ;$c22 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [239]-244) and index.
520 $aThe Freedom Agenda traces the history of America's democratic evangelizing. James Traub, a journalist for The New York Times Magazine, describes the rise and fall of the Freedom Agenda during the Bush years, in part through interviews with key administration officials. He offers a richly detailed portrait of the administration's largely failed efforts to bolster democratic forces abroad. In the end, Traub argues that democracy matters--for human rights, for reconciliation among ethnic and religious groups, for political stability and equitable development--but the United States must exercise caution in its efforts to spread it, matching its deeds to its words, both abroad and at home.--From publisher description.
505 0 $aAn education in self-government : in which we teach the Filipinos, and they teach us -- From Woodrow Wilson's noble dream to George Kennan's sober realism -- Swept along in the democratic revolution -- Second thoughts : was democracy just a moment? -- "Realism died on 9/11" : but what was born in its place? -- Bringing democracy into disrepute -- Mubarak's Egypt : the dark arts of "liberal autocracy" -- Mali and the feeble democracies of Africa : sometimes you can eat dignity -- Democracy promotion in the post-post-9/11 world.
651 0 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y2001-
651 0 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y20th century.
650 0 $aDemocracy$zUnited States.
650 0 $aDemocratization$xGovernment policy$zUnited States.