Format:
1 online resource (xi, 279 pages)
ISBN:
9780203805275
,
9781136646898
,
9781136646935
,
9781136646942
Series Statement:
Routledge studies on history and globalization 1
Content:
1. Introduction -- 2. The human rights weapon emerges : private citizens and the U.S. Congress, 1975-1977 -- 3. Setting the stage for a superpower confrontation : Jimmy Carter, the Soviet Union, and human rights, 1975-1976 -- 4. The Carter administration wields the human rights weapon, January 1977-August 1978 -- 5. The Soviet government, private citizens, and human rights, January 1977-August 1978 -- 6. A delicate balancing act topples : the Carter administration, human rights, and private citizens, September 1978-January 1981 -- 7. The Soviet government, private citizens, and human rights, September 1978-January 1981 -- 8. The Reagan administration's 'conservative' and 'private' human rights campaign, January 1981-November 1985 -- 9. The Soviet government and dissenters : human rights, peace, and detente, January 1981-September 1986 -- 10. Holding Mikhail Gorbachev and Soviet bureaucrats accountable : U.S.-Soviet relations, human rights, and the final act, December 1985-January 1989 -- 11. Revolutions from above and below : Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet bureaucrats, and human rights -- 12. Conclusion.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [255]-274) and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780415885119
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780415885119
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203805275
