Cargando…

The Fate of Freedom Elsewhere : Human Rights and U.S. Cold War Policy toward Argentina /

During the first quarter-century of the Cold War, upholding human rights was rarely a priority in U.S. policy toward Latin America. Seeking to protect U.S. national security, American policymakers quietly cultivated relations with politically ambitious Latin American militaries--a strategy clearly e...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Schmidli, William Michael, 1979- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : human rights and the Cold War
  • From counterinsurgency to state-sanctioned terror : waging the Cold War in Latin America
  • The "Third World War" : U.S.-Argentine relations, 1960-1976
  • Human rights is suddenly chic : the rise of the movement, 1970-1976
  • Total immersion in all the horrors of the world : the Carter administration and human rights, 1977-1978
  • On the offensive : human rights in U.S.-Argentine relations, 1978-1979
  • Tilting against gray-flannel windmills : U.S.-Argentine relations, 1979-1980
  • Conclusion : Carter, Reagan, and the human rights revolution.