Breaking the Real Axis of Evil

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Ambassador Palmer is 'Mr. Human Rights.' This can be the Age of Democracy if we heed the lessons of his book. -- Max Kampelman, foreign policy advisor to three U. S. Presidents Open societies provide only the basis for a more peaceful, prosperous world. Mark Palmer is at the cutting edge of change in the right direction. -- George Soros, investor and philanthropist Mark Palmer's vision of a 100% democratic world is bold and important. I urge anyone interested in supporting the struggle of Chinese, Arab, African, and Cuban democrats to read this book! -- Bill Richardson, former Secretary of Energy, ambassador to the United Nations, congressman, and now Governor of New Mexico During and after the three world wars (two hot, one cold) of the twentieth century we and our allies have freed much of the world. Mark Palmer shows us how to finish the job. Bravo. -- R. James Woolsey, former Director of the CIA; Chairman, Woolsey Partners LLC I watched Ambassador Palmer in action in Budapest as he helped galvanize and even march with Hungarian democrats. I recommend his book to my colleagues in the Congress and in democratic parliaments around the world. -- Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, Minority Leader and highest ranking woman in the history of the U. S. Congress Ambassador Mark Palmer's democracy manifesto is a radical blueprint for democratic change everywhere dictators oppress their people, and an impassioned call for a foreign policy true to America's founding principles. -- Senator John McCain Mark Palmer's prescription for the "End of Dicatatorships" is a fundamental contribution to the debate about the world's future. He has extensively researched what works in dumping dictators peacefully, looked at each of the remaining rogue regimes and developed a new foreign policy paradigm. -- Professor Francis Fukuyama, Johns Hopkins University, author of "The End of History and the Last Man." The only problem with President Bush's axis of evil label is that it doesn't extend far enough, argues Palmer, in this primer to promoting democracy around the world. Palmer, the U.S. ambassador to Hungary when communism collapsed more than a decade ago, builds on his experience there to provide a list of what government, diplomats, non-governmental organizations and the media can do to unseat dictators. * Publishers Weekly * This work offers a welcome alternative to some of the mailed-fist policies of today. * Library Journal * One of the best but least noticed books among all tomes addressing the quest for peace in the post-September 11 era. . . . An invaluable foreign policy guide. * The Wall Street Journal * Palmer makes an excellent case that the spirit is strong and that it must be sustained with international help. * The World Today * If the United States under George W. Bush (or his successors) is to be an affective agitator for democracy worldwide, then Mark Palmer's Breaking the Real Axis of Evil must become required reading for U.S. diplomats-in-training at the Foreign Service Institute, and ought to be read at think tanks, universities, and national-security establishments throughout the democratic world. * Journal of Democracy * Palmer, former U.S. ambassador to Hungary, argues that global peace cannot be achieved until democracies replace the world's last remaining dictators. * Bi-Monthly * Palmer provides a practical handbook for how to put into effect a pro-democratic foreign policy for a U.S. government that is so minded. * Middle East Quarterly * ...should be required reading for every member of Congress and recommended for every citizen -- Tammy Drennan * Chattanooga Times Free Press * ...a wonderful book-a moral and intellectual tour de force. * Book Review Digest *