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For Democracy, Warts and All.(Book Review)

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From: World Policy Journal
Date: 20050322
Author:Meyer, Karl E.

The Case for Democracy: The Power of Freedom to Overcome Tyranny and Terror Natan Sharansky, with Ron Dermer New York: PublicAffairs, 2004

The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad Paperback edition, with an afterword on Iraq Fareed Zakaria New York: Norton, 2004

In turning these pages, I was reminded of the Pushmi-pullyu, the creature with identical horned heads facing fore and aft that enlivens the Dr. Dolittle children's stories by Hugh Lofting. Like the Pushmi-pullyu, these volumes are joined at the hips but face opposite ways. For Natan ...

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