Sarah B Snyder: 2 books
From Selma to Moscow
How Human Rights Activists Transformed U.S. Foreign Policy
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018
The 1960s marked a transformation of human rights activism in the United States. At a time of increased concern for the rights of their fellow citizens—civil and political rights, as well as the social and economic rights that Great Society programs sought to secure—many Americans saw inconsistencies...
Human Rights Activism and the End of the Cold War
A Transnational History of the Helsinki Network
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2011
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...