The struggle for law in the oceans : how an isolationist narrative betrays America / John Norton Moore.
"America is the most prosperous nation in the world, with a strong military, abundant natural resources, innovative and industrious people, wonderful neighbors in Canada and Mexico, and formidable natural borders in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic Oceans. America is also founded upon a strong...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2023]
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| Online Access: | Oxford Scholarship Online |
| Summary: | "America is the most prosperous nation in the world, with a strong military, abundant natural resources, innovative and industrious people, wonderful neighbors in Canada and Mexico, and formidable natural borders in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic Oceans. America is also founded upon a strong democracy dating back to the Founding Fathers. But from time to time, America has had a propensity for self-inflicted wounds. This book is about one such self-inflicted-and still festering-wound. That is the failure to take advantage of one of the most remarkable negotiating wins in the history of the nation; the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xx, 323 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| ISBN: | 019762698X 9780197626986 0197626971 9780197626979 0197626998 9780197626993 0197626963 9780197626962 |