In his review
of Joshua Muravchik's new book The Next Founders: Voices of
Democracy in the Middle East, Contributing Editor Michael
Young notes that unlike President Barack Obama, Muravchik has no
qualms about presuming that liberalism and democracy are best for
everyone. The Next Founders offers admiring profiles of
seven individuals who have thought and behaved as liberals in
Middle Eastern societies where that kind of thing can be dangerous.
The result, Young writes, is an engaging work of group portraiture
that is especially welcome at a time when there is otherwise so
little interest in making democracy an American priority
overseas.
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