The Case for Democracy

The Case for Democracy. The Power of Freedom to Overcome Tyranny and Terror

Author	Natan Sharansky and Ron Dermer
Cover artist	David Plunkert
Language	English
Genre	Non-fiction
Publisher	Public Affairs
Publication date	2004
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
ISBN	1-58648-261-0
OCLC	56367829
Dewey Decimal	321.8 22
LC Class	JC423 .S495 2004
Preceded by	Fear No Evil
Followed by	Defending Identity

The Case for Democracy is a foreign policy manifesto written by one-time Soviet political prisoner and former Israeli Member of the Knesset, Natan Sharansky. Sharansky's friend Ron Dermer is the book's co-author. The book achieved the bestsellers lists of the New York Times, Washington Post and Foreign Affairs.

In the book, Sharansky and Dermer argue that the primary goal of American foreign policy, as well as that of the free world, should be the expansion of democracy. The book advocates a moral foreign policy based on belief in the universality of freedom and human rights. Sharansky and Dermer argue that nations that respect their citizens will also respect their neighbors. The book is sub-titled, The Power of Freedom to Overcome Tyranny and Terror. The authors express passionate and controversial arguments against any compromise on the road to freedom.

It has been read and famously endorsed by former United States president George W. Bush.^[1] Other members of his administration, including former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, have also read the book.

• Defending Identity
• Town square test

• Natan Sharansky, Ron Dermer, The Case for Democracy. The Power of Freedom to Overcome Tyranny and Terror, (2004, ISBN 1-58648-261-0, hardcover) (2006, ISBN 0-89221-644-1 paperback).

• Washington Times interview with George Bush where he comments on the book.
• After Words interview with Sharansky on The Case for Democracy, February 13, 2005