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The Age of Fallibility: Consequences of the War on Terror

by George Soros · 2006

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After reflecting on his support of a losing Democrat for president, George Soros steps back to revisit his views on why George Bush's policies around the world fall short in the arenas most important to Soros: democracy, human rights and open society. As a survivor of the Holocaust and a life-long proponent of free expression, Soros understands the meaning of freedom. And yet his differences with George Bush, another proponent of freedom, are profound. In this powerful essay Soros spells out his views and how they differ from the president's. He reflects on why the Democrats may have lost the high ground on these values issues and how they might reclaim it. As he has in his recent books, On Globalizationand The Bubble of American Supremacy, Soros uses facts, anecdotes, personal experience and philosophy to illuminate a major topic in a way that both enlightens and inspires.

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politicspoliticsMore like thisLess of thiseconomicseconomicsMore like thisLess of thisbusinessbusinessMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of thisphilosophyphilosophyMore like thisLess of this
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21st century21st centuryMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of thisVerenigde StatenVerenigde StatenMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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medium · 288 pages

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