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BL
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986089
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b740459
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| Main Entry
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Sigal, Leon V.
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| Title & Author
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Negotiating minefields : : the landmines ban in American politics /\ Leon V. Sigal.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Routledge,, 2006.
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xii, 294 pages ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0415954142
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: 0415954150
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: 9780415954143
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: 9780415954150
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-277) and index.
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| Abstract
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Against all odds, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines helped to enact a global treaty banning antipersonnel mines in 1997. For that signal achievement it was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Shows how a handful of NGOs with almost no mass base got more than 100 countries to outlaw a weapon that their armies had long used. It is a story of intrigue and misperception, of clashing norms and interests, of contentious bureaucratic and domestic politics. It is also a story of effective leadership, of sustained commitment to a cause, of alliances between campaigners and government officials, of a U.S. senator who championed the ban, and of skillful use of the news media. Yet, despite this monumental effort, the campaign failed to get the United States to sign the treaty. Drawing on extensive internal documents and interviews with U.S. officials and ban campaigners. Tells the inside story of the in-fighting inside the Clinton administration, in the Pentagon, and within the ban campaign itself that led to this major setback for an otherwise unprecedented, successful global effort. From publisher description.
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USA
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Land mines (International law)
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Land mines-- Government policy-- United States.
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Mines antipersonnel (Droit international)
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Mines antipersonnel-- Politiqe gouvernementale-- États-Unis.
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Arms control.
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International humanitarian law.
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Internationales Recht
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Land mines (International law)
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Land mines-- Government policy.
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Landmine
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Landminor-- juridik och lagstiftning.
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Mines.
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Politics.
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Proliferation, non-proliferation.
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United States of America.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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327.1/743
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JZ5645.S54 2006
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