Sarah B. Snyder

Sarah B. Snyder shows how transnational connections and social movements spurred American activism that enshrined human rights in U.S. foreign policy making for years to come. Meer

Two of the most pressing questions facing international historians today are how and why the Cold War ended. Human Rights Activism and the End of the Cold War explores how, in the aftermath of the signing of the Helsinki Final Act in 1975, a transnational network of activists committed to human rights in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe made the topic a central element in East-West diplomacy. Meer