Profiles in Humanity: The Battle for Peace, Freedom, Equality, and Human Rights

by Warren I. Cohen

Book Overview

This compelling book tells the inspirational stories of men and women who fought for peace, freedom, equality, and human rights throughout the twentieth century. Often at great personal risk, they did what they could to alleviate the suffering caused by Hitler, Stalin, and Mao; by racists in America and South Africa; and those who would oppress women everywhere. Tracing the lives of the unsung and the famous, Cohen retraces the lives of such figures...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B007CLY5NS
• ISBN13: 9780742567016
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.0"