Most Uncertain Crusade : the United States, the United Nations, and Human Rights, 1941-1953.

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A Most Uncertain Crusade traces and analyzes the emergence of human rights as both an international concern and as a controversial domestic issue for U.S. policy makers during and after World War II. Historian Brucken focuses on officials in the State Department, at the United Nations, and within ce...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Brucken, Rowland
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: DeKalb : Northern Illinois University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
United Nations. > General Assembly. > Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (United Nations. General Assembly)
1900-1999
Human rights > United States > History > 20th century.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international) > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Human rights
Politics and government
United States > Politics and government > 20th century.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 20e siècle.
United States
human rights and US policy, John Bricker, Truman administration, Eisenhower administration, Four Freedoms, Atlantic Charter, Genocide Convention, UN Commission on Human Rights, UNCHR, Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction-The Origins of a Crusade; 1-Defining a Crusade, 1941-1943; 2-Implementing a Vision, 1943-1945; 3-A Conservative Revolution Begins, 1945-1948; 4-Opposition at Home and at theUnited Nations, 1948 -1951; 5United Nations Success Breeds Failure at Home,1945-1950; 6-The End of a Crusade, 1951-1953; Conclusion-The Impact of a Crusade, 1953-2011; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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