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Author Walker, Vanessa, 1978- author.

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

Publication Info. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2020.

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 346 pages) : illustrations.
text file
PDF
Physical Medium polychrome
Series The United States in the world
United States in the world.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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?
Summary "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.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Language In English.
Subject Human rights -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Human rights -- Government policy.
United States.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Human rights -- Latin America -- History -- 20th century.
Human rights.
Latin America.
Human rights advocacy -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Human rights advocacy.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Latin America.
International relations.
Latin America -- Foreign relations -- United States.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989.
Chronological Term 1945-1989
1900-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Subject Human rights.
Other Form: Print version: Walker, Vanessa, 1978- Principles in power Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2020. 9781501713682 (DLC) 2020017808
ISBN 9781501752698 electronic book
1501752693 electronic book
1501752685 electronic book
9781501752681 electronic book
9781501713682 hardcover
Standard No. 10.1515/9781501752698