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Foreign Policy and the 1992 Election

Norman J. Ornstein
Summer 1992
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Jeremiad against the "disgust, disaffection and disarray" now evident in US politics.

Norman J. Ornstein is a Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C. Copyright © 1992 by Norman J. Ornstein.

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