A review of Defending Democracy: A Global Survey of Foreign Policy Trends 1992–2002, edited by Robert G. Herman and Theodore J. Piccone.
About the Author
Thomas O. Melia is deputy director of Freedom House and consulting editor for the World Encyclopedia of Parliaments and Legislatures. He is also an adjunct professor at Georgetown University and the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.
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