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This work presents a critical look at the management of U.S. foreign policy. The author also suggests that states could advance their long term national interests through organization and international law.

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• Duke Press Policy Studies(p. ii)
• Part 1 The Schism Between Internationallegal Studies and Internationalpolitical Science(p. 1)
• 1 The "Irrelevance" of International Lawand Organizations(p. 3)
• 2 The Real Origins of Internationallegal Positivism(p. 17)
• 3 The Achievements of Internationallegal Positivism(p. 28)
• 4 International Legal Positivism After Theoutbreak of World War I(p. 42)
• 5 Functionalism as A Substitute for Positivism(p. 58)
• Part 2 International Law in Time of Crisisfrom the Entebbe Raidto the Hostages Convention(p. 75)
• 6 A Functionalist Analysis of Internationallaw and Politics(p. 77)
• 7 The Function of Decision Performed Byinternational Law and Organizations(p. 91)
• 8 The Function of Adjudication as Performedby the U.N. Security Council(p. 102)
• 9 The Function of Resolution as Performedby the U.N. Security Council(p. 122)
• 10 The Function of Redefinition as Performedby the U.N. General Assembly(p. 136)
• 11 The Increments of Lnternattonal Law and Politics(p. 155)
• Part 3 International Law and Organizationsas A Basis for Conductingamerican Foreign Policy(p. 169)
• 12 A New Philosophy for American Foreign Policy(p. 171)
• 13 The Definitional Context of the Iranianhostages Crisis(p. 183)
• 14 A Functionalist Approach to U.S.Crisis Management Decision Making(p. 193)
• 15 The Carter Administration's Responsibility Forthe Death of Détente(p. 204)
• 16 Restoring Persian Gulf Security(p. 218)
• 17 The Israeli Invasion of Lebanon(p. 230)
• 18 The Future of Nuclear Arms Controlbetween the Superpowers(p. 250)
• 19 International Lawlessness in Thecaribbean Basin(p. 266)
• Conclusion The Existential Need to Struggle Forinternational Law and Organizations(p. 291)
• 20 Machiavellianism Destroys Constitutionalism(p. 293)
• Index(p. 359)

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In essence, Boyle forcefully rejects the notion that international law and organization are not vital elements in the consideration of international political crises. He praises the contributions of legal-positivists but notes their rule-oriented flaws. His stinging rebuke of the political realism that rests on Machiavellian principles and the perceived national interest dramatically illustrates the fatal defectiveness of this position in the nuclear age; a fact, as Boyle notes, recognized by the ultimate realist, Hans Morgenthau, shortly before his death. In turn, Boyle offers a functionalist approach, both in theory but especially in detailed application to the Entebbe raid, the Iranian hostage crisis, and similar events from 1979 to 1984. His functionalism embraces not only theoretical propositions, predictions, and prescriptions but as importantly a set of international law standards that also can be used by others as a basis for international crisis analysis. This volume is a remarkable breakthrough in the law-politics debate. Its logic and conclusion are compelling; its documentation detailed and careful; its scholarship solid; its flow smooth and crisp; its criticism of US ``realistic'' foreign policy refreshing and incisive. It is one of the most important books on international law of the postwar period and should be widely read and, more specifically, mandatory reading for misguided realists, legalists, and decision-makers. Upper division and above.-C.E. Wilson, University of Arizona

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Francis Boyle Francis Boyle served as Legal Advisor to the Palestine Liberation Organization on the Creation of the State of Palestine 1987 from 1989 and to the Palestinian Delegation to the Middle East Peace Negotiations from 1991 til 1993.