IN THE SHADOW OF INTERNATIONAL LAW : secrecy and regime change in the postwar world;secrecy and regime change in the postwar world.
In this book, Michael Poznansky asks why countries sometimes pursue activities such as regime change in the shadows rather than out in the open for the world to see. He finds that international law plays a key role in this decision-making process because senior government officials, especially in th...
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| Language: | English |
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OXFORD UNIV PRESS UK,
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| Summary: | In this book, Michael Poznansky asks why countries sometimes pursue activities such as regime change in the shadows rather than out in the open for the world to see. He finds that international law plays a key role in this decision-making process because senior government officials, especially in the United States, are sensitive to brazenly violating rules surrounding when countries should and shouldn't intervene in the internal affairs of others. He argues that while the existence of such restrictions don't always prevent great powers from undertaking regime change when it suits their interes. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| ISBN: | 0190096616 9780190096618 |