LEADER 03150cam a2200457 a 4500001 8896346 005 20151111201050.0 008 101214s2011 nyua b 001 0 eng 003 hubpceuo 010 2010052776 020 9781107001053 (hardback) 020 1107001056 (hardback) 024 40019632520 035 (OCoLC)ocn694616485 035 (OCoLC)694616485 035 (NNC)8896346 040 DLC |cDLC |dYDX |dYDXCP 042 pcc 050 00 JC571 |b.S688 2011 082 00 323.09/047 |222 084 HIS037070 |2bisacsh 100 1 Snyder, Sarah B., |d1977- 245 10 Human rights activism and the end of the Cold War : |ba transnational history of the Helsinki network / |cSarah B. Snyder. 260 New York : |bCambridge University Press, |c2011. 300 x, 293 p. : |bill. ; |c24 cm. 490 1 Human rights in history 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 8 Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. Bridging the East-West divide: the Helsinki Final Act negotiations; 2. 'A sort of lifeline': the Helsinki Commission; 3. Even in a Yakutian village: Helsinki monitoring in Moscow and beyond; 4. Follow-up at Belgrade: the United States transforms the Helsinki process; 5. Helsinki watch, the IHF, and the transnational campaign for human rights in Eastern Europe; 6. Human rights in East-West diplomacy; 7. 'A debate in the fox den about raising chickens': the Moscow conference proposal; 8. 'Perhaps without you, our revolution would not be'; Conclusion. 520 "This book explores how a network of human rights activists emerged in the aftermath of the 1975 Helsinki Final Act and over time fundamentally reshaped East-West diplomacy"-- 520 "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 détente. 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"-- 650 0 Human rights. 650 0 Human rights advocacy. 650 0 Cold War. 830 0 Human rights in history. 900 AUTH 942 |2ddc |cBK 952 |00 |10 |2ddc |40 |6323_090470000000000_22_SNY |70 |8REF |919482OSA |bOSA |d2012-05-22 |eDonation of the author. |l0 |o323.09/047 22 SNY |r2012-05-22 |w2012-05-22 |yBK |xIn Csaba's office, May 22, 2012- |cReference 920 01 7elw24Yr 992 01 323_090470000000000_22_SNY |bWXW_ZQZVSZZZZZZZZZZ_XX_7C1 966 |cIn the Research Room