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From its inception, the Conference on Security and Cooperation in
Europe (CSCE) provoked controversy. Today it is widely regarded as
having contributed to the end of the Cold War. Bringing together
new and innovative research on the CSCE, this volume explores
questions key to understanding the Cold War: What role did
diplomats play in shaping the 1975 Helsinki Final Act? How did that
agreement and the CSCE more broadly shape societies in Europe and
North America? And how did the CSCE and activists inspired by the
Helsinki Final Act influence the end of the Cold War?
From its inception, the Conference on Security and Cooperation in
Europe (CSCE) provoked controversy. Today it is widely regarded as
having contributed to the end of the Cold War. Bringing together
new and innovative research on the CSCE, this volume explores
questions key to understanding the Cold War: What role did
diplomats play in shaping the 1975 Helsinki Final Act? How did that
agreement and the CSCE more broadly shape societies in Europe and
North America? And how did the CSCE and activists inspired by the
Helsinki Final Act influence the end of the Cold War?
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 between domestic and
foreign policy and advocated for a new approach. The activism that
arose from the upheavals of the 1960s fundamentally altered U.S.
foreign policy-yet previous accounts have often overlooked its
crucial role. In From Selma to Moscow, Sarah B. Snyder traces the
influence of human rights activists and advances a new
interpretation of U.S. foreign policy in the "long 1960s." She
shows how transnational connections and social movements spurred
American activism that achieved legislation that curbed military
and economic assistance to repressive governments, created
institutions to monitor human rights around the world, and
enshrined human rights in U.S. foreign policy making for years to
come. Snyder analyzes how Americans responded to repression in the
Soviet Union, racial discrimination in Southern Rhodesia,
authoritarianism in South Korea, and coups in Greece and Chile. By
highlighting the importance of nonstate and lower-level actors,
Snyder shows how this activism established the networks and tactics
critical to the institutionalization of human rights. A major work
of international and transnational history, From Selma to Moscow
reshapes our understanding of the role of human rights activism in
transforming U.S. foreign policy in the 1960s and 1970s and
highlights timely lessons for those seeking to promote a policy
agenda resisted by the White House.
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 between domestic and
foreign policy and advocated for a new approach. The activism that
arose from the upheavals of the 1960s fundamentally altered U.S.
foreign policy-yet previous accounts have often overlooked its
crucial role. In From Selma to Moscow, Sarah B. Snyder traces the
influence of human rights activists and advances a new
interpretation of U.S. foreign policy in the "long 1960s." She
shows how transnational connections and social movements spurred
American activism that achieved legislation that curbed military
and economic assistance to repressive governments, created
institutions to monitor human rights around the world, and
enshrined human rights in U.S. foreign policy making for years to
come. Snyder analyzes how Americans responded to repression in the
Soviet Union, racial discrimination in Southern Rhodesia,
authoritarianism in South Korea, and coups in Greece and Chile. By
highlighting the importance of nonstate and lower-level actors,
Snyder shows how this activism established the networks and tactics
critical to the institutionalization of human rights. A major work
of international and transnational history, From Selma to Moscow
reshapes our understanding of the role of human rights activism in
transforming U.S. foreign policy in the 1960s and 1970s and
highlights timely lessons for those seeking to promote a policy
agenda resisted by the White House.
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 in the Soviet Union and
Eastern Europe made the topic a central element in East-West
diplomacy. As a result, human rights eventually became an important
element of Cold War diplomacy and a central component of detente.
Sarah B. Snyder demonstrates how this network influenced both
Western and Eastern governments to pursue policies that fostered
the rise of organized dissent in Eastern Europe, freedom of
movement for East Germans and improved human rights practices in
the Soviet Union - all factors in the end of the Cold War.
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 in the Soviet Union and
Eastern Europe made the topic a central element in East-West
diplomacy. As a result, human rights eventually became an important
element of Cold War diplomacy and a central component of detente.
Sarah B. Snyder demonstrates how this network influenced both
Western and Eastern governments to pursue policies that fostered
the rise of organized dissent in Eastern Europe, freedom of
movement for East Germans and improved human rights practices in
the Soviet Union - all factors in the end of the Cold War.
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