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Foreign Policy and the 1992 Election

By Norman J. Ornstein
Summer 1992
Article Summary and Author Biography

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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