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Like water on stone : the story of Amnesty International / Jonathan Power.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Power, Jonathan, 1941-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Amnesty International--History.
- Amnesty International.
- Human rights.
- Political prisoners.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 331 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boston, Mass. : Northeastern University Press, [2001]
- Summary:
- Published in Amnesty International's 40th anniversary year, this objective history tells how the controversial yet highly influential organization put human rights on the international agenda.
- Contents:
- Prologue: The Wheel Turns in Nigeria 1
- 1 Guatemala
- 'Only Political Killings' 45
- 2 Bokassa, the Dead Children and the Lessons Unlearnt 77
- 3 The Pinochet Case 95
- 4 Amnesty's Forty Years 119
- 5 Northern Ireland
- Britain's Dirty War 165
- 6 Amnesty's Black Mark
- the Baader-Meinhof Gang 182
- 7 Amnesty's Success Stories 191
- 8 China
- from Better to Worse? 224
- 9 The USA
- Land of the Free? 252
- 10 Conclusion
- the World is a Better Place 281.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 1555534872
- OCLC:
- 45845483
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