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Human rights activism and the end of the Cold War : a transnational history of the Helsinki network /
"Two of the most pressing questions facing international historians today are how and why the Cold War ended. Human Rights Activism and the End of the Cold War explores how, in the aftermath of the signing of the Helsinki Final Act in 1975, a transnational network of activists committed to huma...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
©2011.
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| Colección: | Human rights in history.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Two of the most pressing questions facing international historians today are how and why the Cold War ended. Human Rights Activism and the End of the Cold War explores how, in the aftermath of the signing of the Helsinki Final Act in 1975, a transnational network of activists committed to human rights in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe made the topic a central element in East-West diplomacy. As a result, human rights eventually became an important element of Cold War diplomacy and a central component of détente. Sarah B. Snyder demonstrates how this network influenced both Western and Eastern governments to pursue policies that fostered the rise of organized dissent in Eastern Europe, freedom of movement for East Germans, and improved human rights practices in the Soviet Union - all factors in the end of the Cold War"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 293 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-270) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781139078139 1139078135 9781139080439 1139080431 9780511851964 0511851960 9781107645103 1107645107 1107220068 9781107220065 1139063537 9781139063531 1283127288 9781283127288 9786613127280 6613127280 1139082701 9781139082709 1139070134 9781139070133 |