Barbara J. Keys 
Reclaiming American Virtue [EPUB ebook] 
The Human Rights Revolution of the 1970s

Human rights emerged as a reaction to the Vietnam trauma, Barbara Keys shows. Instead of looking inward for renewal, Americans looked outward for ways to restore their moral leadership. From world’s judge to world’s policeman was a small step, and intervention in the name of human rights became a cause both the left and right could embrace.