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Informationen zum Autor Christian Peterson holds a Ph.D. in history from Ohio University and has authored Ronald Reagan and Antinuclear Movements in the United States and Western Europe, 1981-1987 (2003). He is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor at Ferris State University and teaches a wide variety of courses in U.S and World history. Klappentext This work elucidates the complexities of how Western governments, private citizens, and the Soviet Union used the issue of human rights violations as ideological weapon during the Cold War. It will pay particular attention to how private citizens both shaped and became an important part of the U.S. government's efforts to weaken the international prestige of the USSR. Zusammenfassung This work elucidates the complexities of how Western governments, private citizens, and the Soviet Union used the issue of human rights violations as ideological weapon during the Cold War. It will pay particular attention to how private citizens both shaped and became an important part of the U.S. government’s efforts to weaken the international prestige of the USSR. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 Détente, 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 ...
