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- catalog abstract "The author describes his experiences working to defend rights, discussing cases and issues he faced, beginning in 1963, on the staff of the American Civil Liberties Union, as co-founder of Human Rights Watch, and as president of the Soros Foundations and Open Society Institute.".
- catalog contributor b12699866.
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [377]-386) and index.".
- catalog description "The author describes his experiences working to defend rights, discussing cases and issues he faced, beginning in 1963, on the staff of the American Civil Liberties Union, as co-founder of Human Rights Watch, and as president of the Soros Foundations and Open Society Institute.".
- catalog description "[Pt.] I. The ACLU years: 1963-1978. Confronting police abuse ; Defending draft opponents ; Opening asylums ; Legalizing abortion ; Forging restraints on stigma ; Impeaching Nixon ; Defending free speech in Skokie, Illinois ; Exposing betrayal: the ACLU and the FBI -- [Pt.] II. The Human Rights Watch years: 1978-1993. Defeating Reagan ; Americas Watch: a testing by fire ; Promoting accountabiity ; Contacting the underground in Poland ; Visiting prisons in Cuba ; Suffering defeat over China -- [Pt.] III. The Soros years: 1993-. Sarajevo, Chechnya, and the loss of Fred Cuny ; Confronting the past in South Africa ; Intervening in Kosovo.".
- catalog extent "xxxiv, 406 p., [8] p. of plates :".
- catalog hasFormat "Taking liberties.".
- catalog identifier "1891620827".
- catalog isFormatOf "Taking liberties.".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : PublicAffairs,".
- catalog relation "Taking liberties.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "323/.092 B 21".
- catalog subject "Civil rights workers United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Human rights workers United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "JC599.U5 N45 2003".
- catalog subject "Neier, Aryeh, 1937-".
- catalog tableOfContents "[Pt.] I. The ACLU years: 1963-1978. Confronting police abuse ; Defending draft opponents ; Opening asylums ; Legalizing abortion ; Forging restraints on stigma ; Impeaching Nixon ; Defending free speech in Skokie, Illinois ; Exposing betrayal: the ACLU and the FBI -- [Pt.] II. The Human Rights Watch years: 1978-1993. Defeating Reagan ; Americas Watch: a testing by fire ; Promoting accountabiity ; Contacting the underground in Poland ; Visiting prisons in Cuba ; Suffering defeat over China -- [Pt.] III. The Soros years: 1993-. Sarajevo, Chechnya, and the loss of Fred Cuny ; Confronting the past in South Africa ; Intervening in Kosovo.".
- catalog title "Taking liberties : four decades in the struggle for rights / Aryeh Neier.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".