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Freedom Betrayed
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How America Led a Global Democratic Revolution, Won the Cold War, and Walked Away
By Michael A. Ledeen
Posted: Saturday, January 1, 2000
Freedom Betrayed
Dimensions: 9.18'' x 6.27''
250 pages
AEI Press  (Washington)
Publication Date: October 1996
Hardcover
ISBN: 0844739928
Price: $ 24.95
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With the skill of a born storyteller, Michael A. Ledeen weaves together key moments in the fall of communism. His insider's knowledge of the interplay of complex personalities and Byzantine strategies makes a compelling narrative, one enlivened by his wry wit and flair for the dramatic.

In this call to embrace the worldwide democratic revolution, the author argues that global democracy should be the centerpiece of U.S. strategy.

Michael A. Ledeen is a resident scholar in the Freedom Chair at AEI.



Table of Contents

Introduction
The Origins of the Democratic Revolution
High Tide of the Revolution--The End of the Soviet Empire
The Revolution Betrayed
The Struggle for Understanding 
The Future of the Revolution


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