The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad

A modern classic that uses historical analysis to shed light on the present, this national bestseller is, as the "Chicago Tribune" puts it, "essential reading for anyone worried about the promotion and preservation of liberty."
Translated into twenty languages ?The Future of Freedom ?is a modern classic that uses historical analysis to shed light on the present, examining how democracy has changed our politics, economies, and social relations. Prescient in laying out the distinction between democracy and liberty, the book contains a new afterword on the United States's occupation of Iraq and a wide-ranging update of the book's themes.