Hardcover. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. 60 B/W Photos (illustrator). First Edition. Size=6.5"x9.5". (full book description) Public Affairs Press, New York, NY, 2002. 1st Edition 1st Printing, Fine/Fine, Hard Cover, w/Dust Jacket. Size=6.5"x9.5", 405pp(Index). 60 B/W Photos. Clean, tight & bright. NO ink names, bookplates, DJ tears etc. Price unclipped. ISBN 1586480146.

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Title: The Courage of Strangers: Coming of Age With the Human Rights Movement
Publisher: Public Affairs, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Publication Date: 2002
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1586480146
ISBN 13: 9781586480141
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

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Laber, one of the founders of Helsinki Watch (later to be known as Human Rights Watch) tells the story of her involvement in the influential nongovernmental organization. Beginning with her schooling and early years, she tells of her relationship to communist politics and her later involvement with anti-Soviet dissidents. Most of her work with Helsinki Watch involved documenting the repression of intellectuals in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, and the vast majority of her moral outrage is reserved for the Soviet government. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Jeri Laber's articles have appeared in The New York Review of Books, The New York Times and many other newspapers and magazines. She is the co-author of "A Nation is Dying": Afghanistan Under the Soviets. In recognition of her human rights work, she was awarded the Order of Merit by President Vaclav Havel on behalf of the Czech Republic. She is also the recipient of a Research and Writing Grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Laber lives in New York City and in Walton, New York.

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