League of Dictators- April 30, 2006 Ever since liberalism emerged in the 18th century, its inevitable conflict with autocracy has helped shape international politics. What James Madison called "the great struggle of the epoch between liberty and despotism" dominated much of the 19th century and most of the 20th, when liberal powers lined up against various forms of autocracy in wars both hot and cold.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/28/AR2006042801987.html?nav=r... |