Freedom on Fire

John Shattuck is Chief Executive Officer of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation and author of Freedom on Fire.

John Shattuck was Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor during the Clinton administration. In that capacity, he dealt with massive human rights violations in places as distinct as Bosnia and Rwanda. He was also involved in the vexing question concerning how this nation should relate to an emerging power like China whose human rights practices have been challenged by outside critics. In his new book, Freedom on Fire, he discusses what we have learned through success and failure in dealing with human rights internationally.