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"The American effort to impose liberalisation and democratisation not only failed, but actually assisted the coming to power of new regimes in which ordinary people enjoy fewer freedoms and less personal security than under the previous autocracy." Sobering words about Mesopotamia? No, it’s the late Jeane Kirkpatrick’s view of the Carter administration. Niall Ferguson assesses the neocon legacy of the other Iron Lady.
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