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Author:

Peck, James, 1944-

Title:

Ideal illusions : how the U.S. government co-opted human rights / James Peck.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Metropolitan Books,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

369 p. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Human rights--Government policy--United States.
United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989.
United States--Foreign relations--1989-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Washington's world before the rise of human rights -- The Carter years : American foreign policy finds a soul -- The Reagan administration : democratization and proxy wars -- Human rights and China -- Post-Reagan : humanitarianism amid the ruins -- Terrorism and the pathology of American power.

Series:

American empire project.

ISBN:

0805083286
9780805083286

LCCN:

2010034799

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)