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The Trouble with History: Morality, Revolution, and Counterrevolution

The Trouble with History: Morality, Revolution, and Counterrevolution BOOK REVIEWS Francis Grimal, Threats of Force: International Law and Strategy. London: Routledge, 2013. 216 pp. $135.00. Reviewed by Audrey Kurth Cronin, George Mason University This book examines the character and legality of nation-states’ threats of force under international law, drawing its title from Article 2(4) of the United Nations (UN) Charter: “All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations.” The article’s wording seems straightforward enough: most statesmen recognize unlawful uses of force when they see them, and hundreds of legal works are available to help dissect any areas of ambiguity. But identifying prohibited threats of force—as legally serious as actual uses, according to the author—forms the question at the heart of this book. How should lawyers and statesmen identify and respond to illegal threats of force under the UN Charter? Astride the intersection of war and diplomacy, this short and readable volume is the author’s revised dissertation in international law. The first and second of the book’s seven chapters examine threats of force from 1648 to the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Cold War Studies MIT Press

The Trouble with History: Morality, Revolution, and Counterrevolution

Kosicki, Piotr H.
Journal of Cold War Studies , Volume 17 (3) – Jul 1, 2015
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© 2015 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Book Reviews
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1520-3972
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BOOK REVIEWS Francis Grimal, Threats of Force: International Law and Strategy. London: Routledge, 2013. 216 pp. $135.00. Reviewed by Audrey Kurth Cronin, George Mason University This book examines the character and legality of nation-states’ threats of force under international law, drawing its title from Article 2(4) of the United Nations (UN) Charter: “All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations.” The article’s wording seems straightforward enough: most statesmen recognize unlawful uses of force when they see them, and hundreds of legal works are available to help dissect any areas of ambiguity. But identifying prohibited threats of force—as legally serious as actual uses, according to the author—forms the question at the heart of this book. How should lawyers and statesmen identify and respond to illegal threats of force under the UN Charter? Astride the intersection of war and diplomacy, this short and readable volume is the author’s revised dissertation in international law. The first and second of the book’s seven chapters examine threats of force from 1648 to the

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