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The Cold War - Last Man Standing | 6

American History Tellers

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The Importance of Human Rights

In the late 1970s, both liberals and conservatives alike questioned why the United States was working so hard to restore its relationship with the Soviet Union. In this odd way, the mantra of human rights contained the seeds of destruction for detente. Historian Barbara Keys explains Americans' rapid embrace of human rights as a response to the shame and guilt of Vietnam. Her book on the topic is appropriately named Reclaiming American Virtue.

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