In the shadow of international law : secrecy and regime change in the postwar world / Michael Poznansky.
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2020Description: 1 online resource (264 pages).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780190096625 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Intervention (International law)
| Sovereignty, Violation of | Regime change | Espionage | Subversive activities | United States -- Foreign relations -- Latin AmericaAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780190096595DDC classification: 327.117 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: 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.
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Also issued in print: 2020.
Based on author's thesis (doctoral -University of Virginia 2017) issued under title: Intervention and secrecy in international politics.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Specialized.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 27, 2020).