Democracy on Trial (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781450066860)

The great wartime leader, Winston Churchill, once remarked, "Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time." Democracy on Trial recounts the history of this progressive form of governance while comparing it to a competing form: absolutism. Today we see the results of this conflict: flourishing civilization on one hand and crushing despotism on the other. Dr. Lasso, from his own bitter experiences with the despotism of Panama's dictator, shows us how today's democracy was won and how it must be vigilantly earned. Dr. Lloyd Muller Historian

Author: Ricardo Lasso
ISBN-10: 1450066860
ISBN-13: 9781450066860
Publisher: Xlibris
Language: English
Published: 03/29/2010
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.58lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d