TY - BOOK AU - Rice,Condoleezza TI - DEMOCRACY: Stories from the Long Road to Freedom SN - 9781455540181 U1 - 321.8 23 PY - 2017/// CY - New York, NY : PB - Twelve, KW - Democracy KW - History KW - Democratization KW - Government policy KW - United States N1 - Includes index; Bibliographical pages : [465]-466 N2 - "From the former secretary of state and bestselling author -- a sweeping look at the global struggle for democracy and why America must continue to support the cause of human freedom. From the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union to the ongoing struggle for human rights in the Middle East, Condoleezza Rice has served on the front lines of history. As a child, she was an eyewitness to a third awakening of freedom, when her hometown of Birmingham, Alabama, became the epicenter of the civil rights movement for black Americans. In this book, Rice explains what these epochal events teach us about democracy. At a time when people around the world are wondering whether democracy is in decline, Rice shares insights from her experiences as a policymaker, scholar, and citizen, in order to put democracy's challenges into perspective."-- Provided by publisher ER -