Legalist Empire - International Law American Foreign Relations in Early Twentieth

Zusatztext A new interpretation of a crucial era in American diplomatic history ... Deeply researched and well-written, Legalist Empire is an important work. It should be on the reading list of anyone interested in American foreign relations, international law, or imperialism. Informationen zum Autor Benjamin Allen Coates is assistant professor of history at Wake Forest University. Klappentext This book restores the role of lawyers to the operation of American foreign relations and international law and the making of American empire from the Philippines through the eve of World War II. Zusammenfassung This book restores the role of lawyers to the operation of American foreign relations and international law and the making of American empire from the Philippines through the eve of World War II. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: International Law in Europe and America to 1898 Chapter 2: Selling Empire, 1898-1904 Chapter 3: Legalism at Home: Professionalizing International Law, 1900-1913 Chapter 4: Legalism in the World, 1907-1913 Chapter 5: International Law and Empire in Latin America, 1904-1917 Chapter 6: Legalism, Neutrality, and the Great War, 1914-1918 Chapter 7: World War, Collective Security, and International Law, 1914-1941 Conclusion List of Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index

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• Authors: Benjamin Allen Coates, Benjamin Allen (Assistant Professor of His Coates, Benjamin Allen (Associate Professor of His Coates, Benjamin Allen (Associate Professor of History Coates, Coates Benjamin Allen
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.08.2016
• EAN: 9780190495954
• ISBN: 978-0-19-049595-4
• No. of pages: 298
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, LAW / International, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, International Relations, International Law, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), C 1900 - C 1914, c 1900 to c 1909, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period)