This book provides a comprehensive historical overview and analysis of the complex and often vexing problem of understanding the formation of US human rights po

This book provides a comprehensive historical overview and analysis of the complex and often vexing problem of understanding the formation of US human rights po

"Nowhere did two understandings of U.S. identity—human rights and anticommunism—come more in conflict with each other than they did in Latin America. To ref

Since the 1970s, the promotion of human rights has been an explicit goal of U.S. foreign policy. Successive presidents have joined with senators and representat

Although our era is marked by human rights rhetoric, human wrongs continue to be committed with impunity, and the idea of human rights is becoming impoverished.