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Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction

2.The Human Rights Weapon Emerges: Private Citizens and the U.S. Congress, 1975-1977

3.Setting the Stage for a Superpower Confrontation: Jimmy Carter, the Soviet Union, and Human Rights, 1975-1976

4.The Carter Administration Wields the Human Rights Weapon, January 1977-August 1978

5.The Soviet Government, Private Citizens, and Human Rights, January 1977-August 1978

6.A Delicate Balancing Act Topples: The Carter Administration, Human Rights, and Private Citizens, September 1978-January 1981

7.The Soviet Government, Private Citizens, and Human Rights, September 1978-January 1981

8.The Reagan Administration's "Conservative" and "Private" Human Rights Campaign, January 1981-November 1985

9.The Soviet Government and Dissenters: Human Rights, Peace, and Detente, January 1981-September 1986

10.Holding Mikhail Gorbachev and Soviet Bureaucrats Accountable: U.S.-Soviet Relations, Human Rights, and the Final Act, December 1985-January 1989

11.Revolutions from Above and Below: Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet Bureaucrats, and Human Rights

12.Conclusion.

Human rights > Soviet Union.

Human rights > Government policy > United States.

Lobbying > United States.

Pressure groups > International cooperation > History > 20th century.

United States > Foreign relations > Soviet Union.

Soviet Union > Foreign relations > United States.