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| Title | : | Ideal Illusions: How the U.S. Government Co-opted Human Rights (American Empire Project) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.85 (515 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0805083286 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-09-28 |
| Language | : | English |
national security concerns the evolution of human rights attitudes has been.' Ideal Illusions is a well-documented, impressive account and a timely warning to seek the interests that lie behind appealing rhetoric."—Noam Chomsky, author of Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy"In this searing book, James Peck strips away the comforting illusion that, give or take a mistake or two, U.S. national interests."—Marilyn Young, author of The Vietnam Wars: 1945-1990 "Ideal Illusions is both a devastating book and a deeply disturbing one. Yet he goes further: showing how Washington has consciously and cynically manipulated the very concept of human rights to serve the interests of American power."—Andrew J. James Peck lays bare any lingering illusions that human rights concerns seriously influence U.S. policy. Bacevich, author of Washing
an empire trying to justify injustice stan van houcke mr. peck has written a fascinating book which i read as a warning for what happens when power abuses idealism to justify its unjust policies. peck shows that after vietnam and watergate the usa could not rely anymore on anti-communism to portray itself as a viable alternative, so it needed a new justification and found it in the use of human rights as a tool of foreign policy. of course this didn't mean that washington itself w. "I'm Here Only for the Good I Can Do." R. L. Huff So said the corrupt Ottoman official in Elia Kazan's film, "America, America." James Peck shows the patronizing mentality of the master class remains unchanged through all the permutations of the 20th century. I can recall when "human rights" was considered the catchphrase of leftist and libertarian cranks, to be brushed aside by knowing pragmatists dealing with the Real World. Peck outlines how international human rights ideal. "A more honest title would be "A History of Human Rights, assuming that they were co-opted by the US"" according to Just Some Guy. I was disappointed in this book. Unfortunately, the book isn't really writing to persuade, but takes it as a given that the U.S. has manipulated human rights and right fifty years of history from that view point. Many readers will agree with that premise, and they won't be disappointed, the history is thorough. I work professionally in human rights, and I bought this book knowing I would disagree with that premise. I do like to
He considers such milestones as the fight for Soviet dissidents, Tiananmen Square, and today's war on terror, exposing in the process how the human rights movement has too often failed to challenge Washington's strategies. A gripping and elegant work of analysis, Ideal Illusions argues that the movement must break free from Washington if it is to develop a truly uncompromising critique of power in all its forms.. Now, drawing on thousands of documents from the CIA, the National Security Council, the Pentagon, an
James Peck is the author of Washington's China. He lives in New York City.. Founder of the Culture and Civilization of China project at Yale University Press and the China International Publishing Group in Beijing, he has written for The New York Times and the San Francisco Chronicle, amo
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