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Review title: reexamine precepts
Product review: I read Niall Ferguson's review of this book in the New York Times and thought it sounded like a tract: arguments on why democracy shouldn't be considered appropriate in certain countries once it became clear that election outcome would support interests contrary to the overseeing power. It called to mind how Algeria's elections, which pointed to a fundamentalist outcome, were cast aside by the military government, and how the US recently ignored the UN when the vote wasn't looking favorable to its ambitions. So on reading the work, I was extraordinarily surprised to discover that its tone is reasonable and the evidence adduced is substantial and well considered. So my knee-jerk rejection of the thesis has been stalled, for how long I cannot say. In any case, Zakaria writes well and has the makings of a wise man, though my impression is that he is quite young. Do read this book, even if you reject the conclusion: it is soundly argued and worth a rebuttal.
