Moral Superpower in the Cold War : The Soviet Struggle for Human Rights Supremacy, 1964-1991.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, James Petrie, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights--Soviet Union.

Human rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2026.

System Details:

text file rdaft

Summary:

A study of the integral role played by human rights in Cold War international relations and the USSR's attempt to transform its global image to become a moral superpower.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title

Copyright

Contents

Introduction

1 The breakthrough of dissent and its transnational reception, 1964-8

2 Soviet experiments: Razryadka and Novye-Levye , 1968-72

3 The Soviet Union and the human rights revolution, 1972-9

4 The Soviet press on human rights 'abuses' against British and American trade unions, 1979-85

5 Soviet human rights discourse during the 'end of history', 1985-91

Conclusion Understanding the failure of Soviet human rights public diplomacy and the evolution of Russian rights discourse from 1991 to 2025

Notes

2 Soviet experiments: Razryadka and Novye-Levye, 1968-72

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-350-54462-0

1-350-54188-5

OCLC:

1579272003