by Michael P. Scharf and Paul R. Williams
Published by Cambridge University Press

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 advisors (from the Carter administration to that of George W. Bush). Based on their insider account 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 are free to ignore whenever they perceive it to be in their best interest to do so. | Read more

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"... a remarkably revealing account of international law in action."
—Stephen M. Schwebel, former Judge and President of the International Court of Justice | More reviews