Secession As an International Phenomenon From America's Civil War to Contemporary Separatist Movements

Considers a wide range of topics related to secession, separatism, and the nationalist passions that inflame secessionist conflicts. The contributors all understand secession as a common feature of the modern world and as a historic phenomenon of international scope. It includes the proposal that secession ought to be subject to rational arbitration and ethical norms, instead of being decided by force.

About the author

DON H. DOYLE is McCausland Professor of History at the University of South Carolina. His books include Nations Divided (Georgia) and Faulkner's County.

Product details

• Assisted by: Don H. Doyle (Editor), Don H Doyle (Editor)
• Authors: Don H. (EDT) Doyle
• Publisher: The University of Georgia Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 01.11.2010
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989)
• EAN: 9780820337128
• ISBN: 978-0-8203-3712-8
• Pages: 392
• Subjects: Internationales Recht, Geschichte, 21. Jahrhundert (2000 bis 2100 n. Chr.), POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Nationalism & Patriotism, HISTORY / Modern / 21st Century, LAW / International, History - General History