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The Case for Democracy by Natan Sharansky
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The Case for Democracy

The Power of Freedom to Overcome Tyranny and Terror

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Narrator Simon Vance

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Length 8 hours 15 minutes
Language English
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Natan Sharansky has lived an unusual life, spending nine years as a Soviet political prisoner and nine years as an Israeli politician. In this brilliantly analytical yet personal book, Sharansky and his longtime friend and advisor Ron Dermer make the case for democracy. The authors put nondemocratic societies under the microscope to reveal the mechanics of tyranny that sustain them, and explain why democracy is essential for our security.

Freedom, Sharansky claims, is rooted in the right to dissent, and societies that do not protect that right can never be reliable partners for peace. But lasting tyranny can be consigned to historyโ€™s dustbin if the free world stays true to its ideals. The question is not whether we have the power to change the world, but whether we have the will to move beyond Right and Left and start thinking about right and wrong.

Natan Sharansky,ย writer, former Soviet dissident, and former deputy prime minister of Israel, was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 1986 for his struggles against tyranny. He is a distinguished fellow at the Shalem Center, heading its strategic studies institute, and is president of Beit Hatefutsot, the Jewish diaspora museum.

Simon Vance is the critically acclaimed narrator of approximately 400 audiobooks, winner of 27 AudioFile Earphones Awards, and a 12-time Audie Award-winner. He won an Audie in 2006 in the category of Science Fiction and was named the 2011 Best Voice in Biography and History and in 2010 Best Voice in Fiction by AudioFile magazine.ย 

ย Vance has been a narrator for the past 25 years, and also worked for many years as a BBC Radio presenter and newsreader in London.ย  Some of his best-selling and most praised audiobook performances include Stieg Larssonโ€™s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Hilary Mantelโ€™s Bring Up the Bodies (an Audie award-winner), Ian Flemingโ€™s Casino Royale, Oscar Wildeโ€™s The Picture of Dorian Gray, Patrick Oโ€™Brianโ€™s Master and Commander series (all 21 titles), the new productions of Frank Herbertโ€™s original Dune series, and Rob Giffordโ€™s China Road (an AudioFile 2007 Book of the Year). Vance lives near San Francisco with his wife and two sons.

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Reviews

The Case for Democracy is both a rebuke and a challenge to all conventional thinking. It must be read.”

โ€œThe Case for Democracy is a powerful argument for spreading freedom around the world as the ultimate weapon against totalitarian societies and fundamentalist movements.โ€

“Natan Sharansky explains, clearly and cogently, the linkages between freedom and peace and between tyranny and terror…This is a brave book by a brave man—an eloquent plea for moral clarity and a fine example of it.”

“Simon Vance presents a sophisticated and thoughtful reading. His voice is what one would imagine Sharansky’s voice might sound like: articulate, cosmopolitan, and passionate.”

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