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Ideal illusions how the U.S. government co-opted human rights

James Peck
The United States has long been hailed as a powerful force for global human rights. Drawing on documents from the CIA, the National Security Council, the Pentagon, and development agencies, the author shows in detail how Washington has shaped human rights into a potent ideological weapon for purposes having little to do with rights.
eBook, English, 2012
Metropolitan, New York, 2012
1 online resource
9781429991568, 1429991569
1289807023