Freedom on Fire: Human Rights Wars and America's Response

by John Shattuck

Book Overview

As the chief human rights official of the Clinton Administration, John Shattuck faced far-flung challenges. Disasters were exploding simultaneously--genocide in Rwanda and Bosnia, murder and atrocities in Haiti, repression in China, brutal ethnic wars, and failed states in other parts of the world. But America was mired in conflicting priorities and was reluctant to act. What were Shattuck and his allies to do?

This is the story of their...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674018559
• ISBN13: 9780674018556
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.1" x 7.8"