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mostly stationed abroad. Chapter Three examines Lister’s impact between 1961 and
1973, while he was working at the State Department in the Bureau of Inter-American
Affairs. Chapter Four reviews the development of human rights in U.S. foreign policy
and examines Lister’s role in shaping that development. Chapter Five presents four
case studies of countries in which Lister tried to impact democratic development.
Chapter Six reviews the reasons for Lister’s impact and discusses what lessons might
be drawn from Lister’s career.
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1 Memorial Service for George Lister, Reading by Margaret Eubank, “Final Reflections,” February 21,
2004, p. 3.
2 Ibid.
3 Ibid.
4 “Career History,” undated, Papers of George T. Lister, Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection,
University of Texas at Austin [document hereinafter “Career History”].
5 Press Release, The University of Texas at Austin, “Papers of diplomat George Lister come to The
University of Texas at Austin,” August 17, 2005. Online. Available
http://www.utexas.edu/opa/news/2005/08/libraries17.html. Accessed: May 1, 2007.
6 Career History.
7
Ibid.
8
Press Release, “Papers of diplomat George Lister come to The University of Texas at Austin.”
9
Memorial Service for George Lister, “George Lister, Mr. Human Rights,” February 21, 2004, p. 6.
(This is a collection of remembrances of Lister that were read aloud at a memorial service in honor of
his life and work.)
10
Career History.
11
Press Release, “Papers of diplomat George Lister come to The University of Texas at Austin.”
12
Ibid.
13
Guy Gugliotta, “Risky Work at the State Department,” Washington Post (October 19, 1993), pg. A-
21.
14 Memorial Service for George Lister, “George Lister, Mr. Human Rights,” February 21, 2004, p. 6.
15 Ibid.
16 Ibid.
17 Patricia Sullivan, “George Lister Dies; Human Rights Pioneer,” The Washington Post (February 14,
2004), p. B-6.
18 Walter Isaacson, The Wise Men (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1986), pp. 20-27.
19 Seyom Brown, The Faces of Power: United States Foreign Policy from Truman to Clinton, 2d ed.
(New York: Columbia University Press, 1994), p. xiii.
20 See generally, Ibid.
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