In the shadow of international law : secrecy and regime change in the postwar world / Michael Poznansky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Poznansky, Michael, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intervention (International law).

Sovereignty, Violation of.

Regime change.

Espionage.

Subversive activities.

United States--Foreign relations--Latin America.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 pages).

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2020.

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.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2020.

Based on author's thesis (doctoral -University of Virginia 2017) issued under title: Intervention and secrecy in international politics.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 27, 2020).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-009662-4

0-19-009660-8