The Fate of Freedom Elsewhere: Human Rights and U.S. Cold War Policy Toward Argentina

by William Michael Schmidli

Book Overview

During the first quarter-century of the Cold War, upholding human rights was rarely a priority in U.S. policy toward Latin America. Seeking to protect U.S. national security, American policymakers quietly cultivated relations with politically ambitious Latin American militaries--a strategy clearly evident in the Ford administration's tacit support of state-sanctioned terror in Argentina following the 1976 military coup d'état. By the mid-1970s,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501714449
• ISBN13: 9781501714443
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher