Descripción:
This book is intended for introductory students of international relations, U.S. foreign policy, international law, and policy-making in Washington. I am not one to nitpick over academic boundaries.

The present book tries to capture and represent international law, warts and all, as it really functions in the policy-making process in Washington. Rather than presenting that law as interpreted by the Interna tional Court of Justice or by a distinguished legal scholar, I present it as interpreted by policy-making institutions, then compare that interpretation-and especially the political factors behind it-with a more cosmopolitan view of international law oriented to a stable and equitable world order.
- FROM PREFACE


CONTENTS:

Preface......ix

Foreword, Richard Falk......xiii

I. Introduction: A framework for Analysis......1

II. Interpreting the ABM Treaty......11

III. ‘Covert’ Intervention in Nicaragua......31

IV. Overt Intervention in Grenada......63

V. Regugeee Policy in the Western Hemisphere......89

VI. Financial Assessments to the United Nations......117

VII. Conclusion: The Politics of International Law......141

Afterword, Francis A. Boyle......157
Selected Bibliography......169
Index......173
About the Book......181