Reclaiming American Virtue : : The Human Rights Revolution of the 1970s / / Barbara J. Keys.
The American commitment to promoting human rights abroad emerged in the 1970s as a surprising response to national trauma. In this provocative history, Barbara Keys situates this novel enthusiasm as a reaction to the profound challenge of the Vietnam War and its aftermath. Instead of looking inward...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2014] ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Edition: | Pilot project. eBook available to selected US libraries only |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (368 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction: Enter Human Rights
- 1. The Postwar Marginality of Universal Human Rights
- 2. Managing Civil Rights at Home
- 3. The Trauma of the Vietnam War
- 4. The Liberal Critique of Right-Wing Dictatorships
- 5. The Anticommunist Embrace of Human Rights
- 6. A New Calculus Emerges
- 7. Insurgency on Capitol Hill
- 8. The Human Rights Lobby
- 9. A Moralist Campaigns for President
- 10. “We Want to Be Proud Again”
- Conclusion: Universal Human Rights in American Foreign Policy
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Bibliographical Essay
- Acknowledgments
- Index