Dictatorships and Single Standards: How Western Resolve Toppled an Evil Empire
Jeane Kirkpatrick’s seminal article, “Dictatorships and Double Standards,” sounded an alarm about the entire direction of American foreign policy. Although the immediate issue addressed in the article was the contrast between the Carter administration’s antagonistic treatment of rightist dictators and its solicitude for leftist ones, Kirkpatrick’s larger concern was the crisis of spirit in America … Read more