Economic warfare : sanctions, embargo busting, and their human cost /
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| Uniform title: | Patriots and profiteers |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Imprint: | Boston : Northeastern University Press, 2001. |
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| Retention: | Retained for Eastern Academic Scholars' Trust (EAST) http://eastlibraries.org/retained-materials |
| Summary: | Governments today deploy trade sanctions, blockades and financal restrictions as their political weapons of choice to curb aggression and to enforce international morality. But is economic warfare an effective foreign policy instrument? In this investigative history, R. Thomas Naylor demonstrates repeatedly that punitive measures almost always fail to achieve their stated goals and often cause unintentional harm, especially to the innocent populations of the embargoed countries. In reality, he argues, economic warfare breeds corruption, creates thriving black market economies, criminalizes legitimate businesses, and helps turn limited conflicts into global ones. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published: Patriots and profiteers. c1999. |
| Physical Description: | x, 459 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-444) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1555535003 1555534996 |
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