"As our world becomes a truly global village through instantaneous media transmission of events, the relationship between human rights and peaceful international relations receives more and more attention. David P. Forsythe's book analyzes and discusses the dimensions of covert and overt human rights violations and how they militate against the establishment of democracies in the Third World. Human Rights and Peace evaluates critically the argument that human rights in general and democracy in particular contribute to peaceful international relations"--Unedited summary from book cover.