Title: Mixed Signals
Description: "By the 1970s, an unthinking anticommunist stance had tarnished the reputation of the U.S. government throughout Latin America, associating Washington with tyrannical and often brutally murderous regimes. Kathryn Sikkink recounts the reemergence of human rights as a substantive concern, showing how external pressures from activist groups and the institution of a human rights bureau inside the State Department have combined to remake Washington's agenda, and its image, in Latin America. The current war against terrorism, Sikkink warns, could repeat the mistakes of the past unless we insist that the struggle against terrorism be conducted with respect for human rights and the rule of law."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Human rights, Democracy, Civil rights, Relations, Human rights, latin america, Civil rights, latin america, Latin america, relations, united states, United states, foreign relations, latin america, United states, relations, latin america, United states history - 20th century - general & miscellaneous, Civil & human rights, U.s. international relations