The Case for Democracy

Infobox Book
name = "The Case for Democracy. The Power to Overcome Tyranny and Terror"


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author = Natan Sharansky and Ron Dermer
cover_artist = David Plunkert
country = United States
language = English
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genre = Non-fiction
publisher = Public Affairs
release_date = 2004
english_release_date =
media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
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isbn = ISBN 1-58648-261-0

"The Case for Democracy" is a foreign policy manifesto written by one-time Soviet political prisoner and former Israeli Member of the Knesset, Natan Sharansky. Sharansky's friend Ron Dermer is the book's co-author. The book achieved the bestsellers list of the "New York Times", "Washington Post" and "Foreign Affairs".

In the book, Sharansky and Dermer argue that the primary goal of American foreign policy, as well as that of the "free world", should be the expansion of democracy. The book advocates a moral foreign policy based on belief in the universality of freedom and human rights. Sharansky and Dermer argue that nations that respect their citizens will also respect their neighbors. The book is sub-titled, "The Power of Freedom to Overcome Tyranny and Terror." The authors express passionate and controversial arguments against any compromise on the road to freedom.

It has been read and "famously endorsed" by George W. Bush. [ Ira Stoll , “The Foundation of Democracy: Sharansky's 'Defending Identity,'” New York Sun, May 28, 2008, [http://www.nysun.com/arts/the-foundation-of-democracy-natan-sharanskys/78699/] ] Other members of his administration, such as Condoleezza Rice, have also read the book.

ee also

*Defending Identity
*Town square test

ources

*Natan Sharansky, Ron Dermer, "The Case for Democracy. The Power of Freedom to Overcome Tyranny and Terror," (2004, ISBN 1-58648-261-0, hardcover) (2006, ISBN 0-89221-644-1 paperback).

External links

* [http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20050111-114349-9789r.htm Washington Times interview with George Bush] where he comments on the book.

References