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The 1982 U.N. Convention of the Law of the Sea took over a decade to produce and was the final result of the largest single international negotiating process undertaken before or since that time. As the world's leading maritime nation, the U.S. has vital, immediate, national interests in the Convention and in the continuing refinement of maritime law based upon the tenets of that comprehensive document. The present work describes in detail the concurrent development of international law and the law of the sea, the complex negotiating process that resulted in the completed Convention, the role of the U.S. both during the Law of the Sea Convention and during the decade of negotiation that finally made the Convention acceptable, and policy directions and issues for the U.S. in the post-Convention environment. This is an important new text in international law, international relations, and maritime affairs.

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• Preface
• Introduction
• The Law of the Sea and International Law U.S
• Oceans Policy and the Law of the Sea Negotiations
• The Law of the Sea Negotiating Process Endgame
• The Intervening Years and Treaty Ratification
• Changes in the United States Position--Why the U.S. Said "Yes"
• Implications of a Ratified Treaty--Where the U.S. Stands Now Policy
• Directions for the United States in the Law of the Sea Oceans Policy
• Issues for the United States--What the U.S
• Must Focus On Making United States Oceans Policy
• Appendix 1 President's Ocean Policy Statement, March 10, 1983
• Appendix 2 Proclamation 5030, Exclusive Economic Zone of the United States of America, March 10, 1983
• Appendix 3 Letter from the Secretaries of State and Defense to Senator Pell, July 28, 1994
• Appendix 4 Letter of Transmittal
• Appendix 5 National Pollution Control Legislation
• Appendix 6 International Pollution Control Agreements
• Appendix 7 National Marine and Coastal Resources Legislation
• Appendix 8 International Fisheries Agreements

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Galdorisi and Vienna present a tightly written and argued narrative about the relationship of US oceans policy to law of the sea negotiations. The authors are both naval captains in active service whose impressive mix of practical and academic background is evident in their authoritative treatment. They provide considerable historical background to the most recent negotiations through the Third United Nations Law of the Sea Conference and resulting Convention (UNCLOS). Implications of the major issues and ocean zones for US policy are carefully tracked, and the authors clearly view UNCLOS as the keystone of US oceans policy. Nine short appendixes helpfully provide landmarks for US oceans policy and are followed by a fairly extensive bibliography. The authors implicitly fault all recent US administrations for having failed to develop a comprehensive US oceans policy. They are reluctant to squarely criticize any recent US administration, although their postures toward UNCLOS have varied from hostile (Reagan) to enthusiastic (Clinton). Upper-division undergraduates and above. M. A. Morris Clemson University

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CAPTAIN GEORGE V. GALDORISI is Chief of Staff in U.S. Navy's Cruiser Destroyer Group 3. He holds degrees from the United States Naval Academy, the Naval Postgraduate School, the University of San Diego, and the Naval War College.

CAPTAIN KEVIN R. VIENNA is with the U.S. Navy's Judge Advocate General's Corps. He holds degrees from the United States Naval Academy, the College of William and Mary, the University of Southern California, and the University of Virginia.