{"product_id":"the-despots-accomplice-brian-klaas-9780190903237","title":"The Despot's Accomplice: How the West Is Aiding and Abetting the Decline of Democracy","description":"For the first time since the end of the Cold War, the world is steadily becoming less democratic. The true culprits are dictators and counterfeit democrats. But, argues Klaas, the West is also an accomplice, inadvertently assaulting pro-democracy forces abroad as governments in Washington, London and Brussels chase pyrrhic short-term economic and security victories. Friendly fire from Western democracies against democracy abroad is too high a price to pay for a myopic foreign policy that is ultimately making the world less prosperous, stable and democratic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Despot's Accomplice\u003c\/em\u003e draws on years of extensive interviews on the frontlines of the global struggle for democracy, from a poetry-reading, politician-kidnapping general in Madagascar to Islamist torture victims in Tunisia, Belarusian opposition activists tailed by the KGB, West African rebels, and tea-sipping members of the Thai junta. Cumulatively, their stories weave together a tale of a broken system at the root of democracy's global retreat.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brian Klaas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0190903236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190903237\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.70d","brand":"Brian Klaas","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43990099362047,"sku":"9780190903237","price":19.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_52d515d1-db44-4cf4-8d05-2fa4864a342c.jpg?v=1683302986","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-despots-accomplice-brian-klaas-9780190903237","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}