Some politicians like to refer to cases in which the united states intervened successfully in order to establish democracy; japan and west germany after wwii are the favorite examples. however, according to the recent empirical research discussed in chapter 8 (on democratic transitions), evidence shows that although attempts at the external imposition of democracy may promote some democratic-seeming reforms in the short-run, they ultimately produce political instability in the target countries and are unlikely to lead to a stable democracy. is this true or false?