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

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"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"--

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:United States in the world.
Main Author: Walker, Vanessa, 1978- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2020.
Series:United States in the world.
Subjects:
Human rights > Government policy > United States > History > 20th century.
Human rights > Latin America > History > 20th century.
Human rights advocacy > United States > History > 20th century.
United States > Foreign relations > Latin America.
Latin America > Foreign relations > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > 1945-1989.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / General.
Diplomatic relations.
Human rights.
Human rights advocacy.
Human rights > Government policy.
Latin America.
United States.
1900-1999
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xi, 346 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
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?