First published in German as Freiheit Verteidigen © Carl Hanser Verlag GmbH. & Co. KG 2017

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ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-3623-8

ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-3624-5 (pb)

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Names: Fuecks, Ralf, author.

Title: Defending freedom : how we can win the fight for an open society / Ralf Fuecks.

Other titles: Freiheit verteidigen. English

Description: English edition. | Cambridge ; Medford, MA : Polity Press, [2019] | Includes bibliographical references and index. |

Identifiers: LCCN 2019011787 (print) | LCCN 2019017016 (ebook) | ISBN 9781509536252 (Epub) | ISBN 9781509536238 (hardback) | ISBN 9781509536245 (pbk.)

Subjects: LCSH: Liberty. | Liberalism. | Democracy. | European Union.

Classification: LCC JC585 (ebook) | LCC JC585 .F8313 2019 (print) | DDC 320.01/1--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019011787

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