According to Tocqueville, what is one reason democracies are inferior to other governments in controlling their foreign affairs?
a. Democracies are seldom recognized by other governments.
b. Democracies are too self-interested to be concerned with foreign affairs.
c. Democracies have little capacity for operating with secrecy.
d. The economic climate of democracies does not lend itself to giving attention to the rest of the world.
e. There is no procedure for defining and implementing a foreign policy in democracies.
ANS: C
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