LEADER 04207nam 2200589 a 450 001 9910455098403321 005 20211005005421.0 010 $a0-674-04348-0 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674043480 035 $a(CKB)1000000000786981 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH23050891 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000158217 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12008411 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000158217 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10144560 035 $a(PQKB)11555335 035 $a(DE-B1597)574345 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674043480 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300365 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000786981 100 $a20050815e20052003 fy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFreedom on fire$b[electronic resource] $ehuman rights wars and America's response /$fJohn Shattuck 210 $aCambridge, Mass. ;$aLondon $cHarvard University Press$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (400 p.) 300 $aOriginally published: 2003. 311 $a0-674-01855-9 327 $aIntroduction 1. Rwanda: The Genocide That Might Have Been Prevented 2. Rwanda: The Struggle for Justice 3. Haiti: A Tale of Two Presidents 4. Bosnia: The Pariah Problem 5. Bosnia: Facing Reality 6. Bosnia and Kosovo: Breaking the Cycle 7. The China Syndrome 8. China: Collision Course 9. Strategies for Peace Chronology State Department Organizational Chart Notes Acknowledgments Index 330 $aShattuck was the chief human rights official of the Clinton Administration. This is the story of the struggle that went on inside the US government over how to respond to far-flung challenges such as genocide in Rwanda and Bosnia, and brutal ethnic wars and failed states in other parts of the world. 330 $bAs the chief human rights official of the Clinton Administration, John Shattuck faced far-flung challenges. Disasters were exploding simultaneously--genocide in Rwanda and Bosnia, murder and atrocities in Haiti, repression in China, brutal ethnic wars, and failed states in other parts of the world. But America was mired in conflicting priorities and was reluctant to act. What were Shattuck and his allies to do? This is the story of their struggle inside the U.S. government over how to respond. Shattuck tells what was tried and what was learned as he and other human rights hawks worked to change the Clinton Administration's human rights policy from disengagement to saving lives and bringing war criminals to justice. He records his frustrations and disappointments, as well as the successes achieved in moving human rights to the center of U.S. foreign policy. Shattuck was at the heart of the action. He was the first official to interview the survivors of Srebrenica. He confronted Milosevic in Belgrade. He was a key player in bringing the leaders of genocide in Bosnia and Rwanda to justice. He pushed from the inside for an American response to the crisis of the Haitian boat people. He pressed for the release of political prisoners in China. His book is both an insider's account and a detailed prescription for preventing such wars in the future. Shattuck criticizes the Bush Administration's approach, which he says undermines human rights at home and around the world. He argues that human rights wars are breeding grounds for terrorism. Freedom on Fire describes the shifting challenges of global leadership in a world of explosive hatreds and deepening inequalities. 606 $aHuman rights$aPolitics and Government$2eflch$xGovernment policy$zUnited States 606 $aLaw, Politics & Government$2HILCC 606 $aHuman Rights$2HILCC 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1993-2001 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y2001-2009 608 $aElectronic books.$2lcsh 615 0$aHuman rights$aPolitics and Government.$xGovernment policy 615 7$aLaw, Politics & Government 615 7$aHuman Rights 676 $a327.73009049 700 $aShattuck$b John$01054717 801 0$bStDuBDS 801 1$bStDuBDS 801 2$bUkPrAHLS 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455098403321 996 $aFreedom on fire$92487580 997 $aUNINA