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The Promise of American Politics

The Promise of American Politics

By Thomas V. Smith

University of Chicago Press, 1936, 302 pp

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By Thomas V. Smith

University of Chicago Press, 1936, 302 pp

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A competent reëxamination of the basic ideas and motives of foreign dictatorial régimes, followed by a demonstration of why they cannot serve us.

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