Freedom on the offensive : human rights, democracy promotion, and US interventionism in the late Cold War / William Michael Schmidli.
| Author/creator | Schmidli, William Michael, 1979- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2022. |
| Copyright Date | ̐u2022 |
| Description | xii, 312 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | The United States in the world United States in the world. ^A765710 |
| Contents | Competing visions: human rights and American foreign policy in the era of d̐uetente, 1968-1980 -- "A hostile takeover": the Reagan administration and US Cold War policy, 1981-1982 -- "Is this not respect for human, economic, and social rights?": Nicaragua and the United States, 1979-1984 -- "Global revolution": the ascendance of democracy promotion in US foreign policy, 1982-1986 -- Tracking "the Indiana Jones of the right": right-wing transnational activism, public diplomacy, and the Reagan doctrine, 1981-1990 -- "The grindstone on which we sharpen ourselves": solidarity activism and the US war on Nicaragua, 1981-1990 -- From the Cold War to the end of history: US democracy promotion, interventionism, and unipolarity, 1987-1990. |
| Abstract | "A historical analysis of the Ronald Reagan administration's (1981-1989) human rights policy, focusing on the rise of democracy promotion as a US foreign policy priority in the late Cold War, using the US intervention against the revolutionary government of Nicaragua, the Sandinista National Liberation Front (1979-1990), as the case study."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Schmidli, William Michael, 1979- Freedom on the offensive. Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2022 9781501765179 |
| Genre/form | Case studies. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2021057943 |
| ISBN | 9781501765148 |
| ISBN | 1501765140 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic book |
| ISBN | electronic publication |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | JC571 .S3695 2022 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |