Howard N Meyer

Broschiertes Buch

The World Court in Action

Judging Among the Nations

Beschreibung

In this book, Howard N. Meyer traces the World Court back to The Hague Conference of 1899 and shows its development through World War I, the League of Nations, World War II, and the Cold War, all the way up to the contemporary challenges of East Timor and Kosovo.

Autor

Howard N. Meyer is a lawyer and a well-regarded social historian of major epochs and emblematic political actors within them. His book, The Amendment That Refused to Die, was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. Among his many writings on the Vietnam War, one is credited with stimulating action on the part of U.S. university presidents against the Nixon policies in Indochina. He is author of numerous books and articles on human rights and peace law, and history. He has sought to revive the respect deserved by Ulysses S. Grant, Charles Sumner, Thaddeus Stevens, and others. Recently in The Magnificent Activist he has continued an effort to restore the life and work of Thomas Wentworth Higginson to our nation's memory.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Dezember 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 147mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 417g
• ISBN-13: 9780742509245
• ISBN-10: 0742509249
• Artikelnr.: 21104405