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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.

Publisher:

Cornell University Press,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

xi, 346 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Human rights--History--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.

Notes:

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.

Series:

The United States in the world

ISBN:

150171368X
9781501713682

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1138524745

LCCN:

2020017808

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)