Denying the Spoils of War

The Politics of Invasion and Non-Recognition

von Joseph O'Mahoney

240 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Despite being proven ineffective as a coercive tool or deterrent, the international community has actively withheld recognition in numerous instances of territorial conquest since the 1930s. Joseph O'Mahoney systematically analyses 21 case studies - including the Manchurian Crisis, the Turkish invasion of Cyprus and Russia's annexation of Crimea - to explore why so many states have adopted a policy of non-recognition of the spoils of war. By drawing on historical sources including recently declassified archival documents, he evaluates states' decision-making. He develops a new theory for non-recognition as a symbolic sanction aimed at reproducing common knowledge of the rules of international behaviour.

• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Krieg und Verteidigung Andere Kriegsführungs- und Verteidigungsfragen Kriegsverbrechen
• ISBN: 9781474452199
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 07.08.2019
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press