*** 1. It was the only time in American history a president refused the peaceful transfer of power. 2. It was the only time in American history a president refused the peaceful transfer of power. 3. It was the only time in American history a president refused the peaceful transfer of power. 4. It was the only time in American history a president refused the peaceful transfer of power. 5. It was the only time in American history a president refused the peaceful transfer of power. 6. It was the only time in American…
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It was called, among other things, “the end of history,” which was to say, the ultimate triumph of the western liberal, market-based democratic ideal around the globe. The Berlin Wall had fallen in 1989 and communist control of Eastern Europe soon collapsed. The Soviet Union almost simultaneously embarked on a monumental breakup and independence for its constituent republics, soon holding its own democratic elections featuring a peaceful (and astounding) transfer of power in 1991. Like a benevolent tsunami gathering up everything in its path, a loudly proclaimed optimism for a new world order made government watchers and freedom lovers (and capitalists) around…