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Principles in power : Latin America and the politics of U.S. human rights diplomacy / Vanessa Walker.

Author/creator Walker, Vanessa, 1978- author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2020.
Copyright Notice ©2020
Descriptionxi, 346 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)
Series The United States in the world
United States in the world. ^A765710
Contents Introduction : Principles in Power -- The Chilean Catalyst : Cold War Allies and Human Rights in the Western Hemisphere -- Words Are Not Enough : Building a New Human Rights Agenda in the Shadow of the Past -- A Special Responsibility : Human Rights and U.S.-Chilean Relations -- One of the Most Difficult and Vexing Cases : Weighing the Costs of Human Rights in U.S.-Argentine Relations -- The Reagan Reinvention : A Cold War Human Rights Vision -- Conclusion : The Golden Years of Human Rights?
Abstract "In the 1970s human rights advocates and U.S. government officials created a uniquely anti-interventionist, self-critical human rights agenda in Latin America and beyond. This book exposes the strained yet transformative relationship between these ambivalent allies"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Walker, Vanessa, 1978- Principles in power. Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2020 9781501752681
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2020017808
ISBN9781501713682
ISBN150171368X hardcover
ISBNelectronic publication
ISBNelectronic book

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