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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...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Ithaca :
Cornell University Press,
2013.
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| Series: | UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. History.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 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.