In the shadow of international law : (Record no. 13988)
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| fixed length control field | 02865cam a2200253 i 4500 |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780197637555 |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780190096595 |
| DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | KZ6368 .P69 2022 |
| Item number | 2 |
| MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Poznansky, Michael, |
| TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | In the shadow of international law : |
| Remainder of title | secrecy and regime change in the postwar world / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Michael Poznansky. |
| Copyright Date | |
| Place of publication | New York : |
| Name of publisher | Oxford University Press, |
| Year of publication or production | 2022. |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | ix, 247 pages : |
| GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback 2022. |
| GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Based on author's thesis (doctoral -University of Virginia, 2017) issued under title: Intervention and secrecy in international politics. |
| GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Originally published : 2020. |
| FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Introduction -- The Evolution of Nonintervention -- The Politics of Secret Interventions -- Operation ZAPATA : Cuba -- Project FUBELT and Track II : Chile -- Operation Power Pack : Dominican Republic -- Operation Urgent Fury : Grenada -- Conclusions and Implications -- The Future of Covert Regime Change |
| SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "This book investigates one of the most controversial forms of secret statecraft in international politics: the use of covert action to overthrow foreign regimes. The central question it asks is why leaders sometimes turn to the so-called quiet option when conducting regime change rather than using overt means. Whereas existing works prioritize the desire to control escalation or avoid domestic-political constraints to explain this variation, this book highlights the surprising role that international law plays in these decisions. When states cannot locate a legal exemption from the nonintervention principle- the prohibition on unwanted violations of another state's sovereignty, codified in the United Nations Charter and elsewhere-they are more likely to opt for covert action. Concealing brazen violations of nonintervention helps states evade hypocrisy costs and avoid damaging their credibility. These claims are tested against four regime change operations carried out by the United States in Latin America during the Cold War using declassified government documents, interviews with former government officials, and historical accounts. The theory and findings presented in this book expose the secret underpinnings of the liberal international order and speak to longstanding debates about the conduct of foreign-imposed regime change as well as the impact of international law on state behavior. This book also has important policy implications, including what might follow if America abandons its role as the steward of the postwar order as well as the promise and peril of promoting new rules and norms in cyberspace"-- |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Intervention (International law) |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Sovereignty, Violation of, |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Regime change. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Espionage. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Subversive activities. |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Library of Congress Classification |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Permanent Location | Current Location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Gabriel Afolabi Ojo Central Library (Headquarters). | Gabriel Afolabi Ojo Central Library (Headquarters). | 11/05/2024 | KZ6368 .P69 2022 | 0195062 | Books |
| Gabriel Afolabi Ojo Central Library (Headquarters). | Gabriel Afolabi Ojo Central Library (Headquarters). | 11/05/2024 | KZ6368 .P69 2022 | 0195061 | Books |