Washington's world before the rise of human rights -- The Carter years : American foreign policy finds a soul -- The Reagan administration : democratization and proxy wars -- The human rights vision of China -- Humanitarianism amidst the ruins -- Propagandizing the innocent : terrorism and the pathology of American power
Summary
Analyzes the troubled dynamic between the U.S. government and the human rights movement, arguing that America became a standard for human rights as part of a controversial effort to further the nation's global influence
