Summary
"From the former secretary of state and bestselling author -- a sweeping look at the global struggle for democracy and why America must continue to support the cause of human freedom. From the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union to the ongoing struggle for human rights in the Mi... Full description
- Prologue
- Introduction: Is democracy in retreat?
- The American experience
- Russia and the weight of history
- Martial law and the origins of Polish democracy
- Ukraine: "a made up country"?
- Kenya: "Save our beloved country"
- Colombia: the era of democratic security
- The Middle East: can democracy exist in a cauldron? Iraq: when tyrants fall ; Egypt and Tunisia: when old men fail ; Arab monarchies: will they reform?
- Are authoritarians so bad?
- What democracy must deliver
- "Democracy is the worst... except for all the others"
- Epilogue: they will look to America
- 2016.