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Snyder, Sarah B., 1977-

Human rights activism and the end of the Cold War : a transnational history of the Helsinki network / Sarah B. Snyder. - First paperback edition. - New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2013. - x, 293 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. - Human rights in history . - Human rights in history. .

"First published 2011. First paperback edition 2013"--Title page verso

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 -- "A debate in the fox den about raising chickens" : the Moscow conference proposal -- 8. 'Perhaps without you, our revolution would not be."

This work 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 human rights a central element of East-West diplomacy.

ISBN: 1107645107 9781107645103

Subjects--Personal Names:

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Organization)
Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Organization)

Subjects--Meeting Names:
Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe Helsinki, Finland). (1972-1975 : Final Act.
Cold War (1945-1989)

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Final Act (Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Human rights.
Human rights--Europe, Eastern.
Human rights--Soviet Union.
Human rights advocacy.
Cold War.
Human rights.
Human rights advocacy.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Europe, Eastern.
Soviet Union.

LC Class. No.: KZ6030 / .S69 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 323/.09047