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The 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.

Table Of Contents

An 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.

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