Democracy Ascendant

Forbes by Michael Maiello | Aug. 27, 2007 (Review)

Democracy's Good Name by Michael Mandelbaum ($28, Public Affairs, 2007).

At a time when the U.S. is occupying two countries thick with militarized fanatics abhorring democracy, Michael Mandelbaum, a foreign policy professor at Johns Hopkins, brings us a loving tribute to the concept. But his theories about the conditions needed for it to take root in a nondemocratic country are little comfort for Americans hoping to see successful resolution of ... Full Story »

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Kaizar Campwala
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 by Kaizar Campwala - Oct. 1, 2008

A weak, badly written book review that tries to accomplish too much in a short space. Maiello's attempt at a criticism and historical perspective ends up reading like yet another rant against US foreign policy post WWII. There are a handful of examples of successful socialist/community democratic governments in the world that he could have drawn.

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