Human rights activism and the end of the Cold War : a transnational history of the Helsinki network

Snyder, Sarah B. 1977- (Author).

Summary: "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 d�etente. 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"--

Record details

ISBN: 9781107001053
ISBN: 1107001056
ISBN: 9781139080439
ISBN: 9781139078139
ISBN: 9780511851964
ISBN: 1139080431
ISBN: 1139078135
ISBN: 0511851960
Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 293 pages) : illustrations.
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Publisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, �2011.

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:april.19 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-270) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Bridging the East-West divide: the Helsinki Final Act negotiations -- "A sort of lifeline": the Helsinki Commission -- Even in a Yakutian village: Helsinki monitoring in Moscow and beyond -- Follow-up at Belgrade: the United States transforms the Helsinki process -- Helsinki watch, the IHF, and the transnational campaign for human rights in Eastern Europe -- Human rights in East-West diplomacy -- "A debate in the fox den about raising chickens": the Moscow conference proposal -- "Perhaps without you, our revolution would not be."
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by EBSCO.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.