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The Case for Democracy

The Power of Freedom to Overcome Tyranny and Terror

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The Case for Democracy

By: Natan Sharansky, Ron Dermer
Narrated by: Simon Vance
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In this brilliantly analytical yet personal book, nondemocratic societies are put under a microscope to reveal the mechanics of tyranny that sustain them. In exposing the inner workings of a "fear society", the authors explain why democracy is not beyond any nation's reach, why it is essential for our security, and why there is much that can be done to promote it around the world.

Freedom, Sharansky claims, is rooted in the right to dissent, to walk into the town square and declare one's views without fear of punishment or reprisal. The authors persuasively argue that societies that do not protect that right can never be reliable partners for peace and that the democracy that hates us is much safer than the dictatorship that loves us.

©2004 Natan Sharansky and Ron Dermer; (P)2005 Blackstone Audiobooks Freedom & Security Ideologies & Doctrines Political Science Politics & Government Sociology World
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"This book has the merit of straightforwardness...[it's] written with vigor, argued with panache and imbued with the fierce conviction." (The New York Times)

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