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Article: The United States and Human Rights: Looking Inward and Outward. (Book Reviews).(Review)
- Article from:
- International Journal on World Peace
- Article date:
- June 1, 2001
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2001 Professors World Peace Academy. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Edited by David P. Forsythe
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2000
xxviii+404 pages, cloth, $55.00
In the wake of the loss of the United States seat on the United Nations Human Rights Commission in May 2001, there is soul searching and debate over the United States' attitudes and actions toward policies on human rights. If ever a book was timely, The United States and Human Rights: Looking Inward and Outward is. Explicating a nation's policy shortcomings on human rights both domestically and internationally is a brave undertaking, but this tome delivers both in depth and breadth of discussions. Edited by David P. Forsythe, who is Charles ...