Walker, Vanessa, 1978-

Principles in power : Latin America and the politics of U.S. human rights diplomacy / Vanessa Walker. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, (c)2020. - 1 online resource : illustrations

Includes bibliographies and index.

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?

"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"--



9781501752698 9781501752681

2020017809


Human rights--Government policy--History--United States--20th century.
Human rights--History--Latin America--20th century.
Human rights advocacy--History--United States--20th century.


Electronic Books.

JC599 / .P756 2020