Shaping Foreign Policy in Times of Crisis

by Paul R. Williams and Michael P. Scharf

Book Overview

Shaping Foreign Policy in Times of Crisis grew out of a series of meetings that the authors convened with all ten of the living former U.S. State Department legal advisers (from the Carter administration to that of George W. Bush). Based on their insider accounts of the role that international law actually played during the major crises on their watch, the book explores whether international law is real law or just a form of politics that policymakers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521167701
• ISBN13: 9780521167703
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"