Negotiating Minefields: The Landmines Ban in American PoliticsRoutledge, 2006 - 294 pages Against all odds, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines helped to enact a global treaty banning antipersonnel mines in 1997. For that achievement it was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. In this volume, Leon Sigal 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 US senator who championed the ban, and of the skilful use of the news media. Despite this monumental effort, the campaign failed to get the United States to sign the treaty. Drawing on extensive internal documents and interviews with US officials and ban campaigners, Sigal tells the 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. Negotiating Minefields will be of interest to students and scholars of military and strategic studies and politics and international relations. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 54
... recalls . “ There was reluctance on the part of many countries to move very fast . " 96 McNamara made the case for a stand - alone forum . " The people who didn't want to move fast on this wanted to do it in CCW . " He tried to reassure ...
... recalls . " We would be across the table from this huge variety of people , " each representing their own views as their government's . Matheson's ploy caught the attention of those close to Yeltsin . " The Russians were a bit shocked ...
... recalls a telephone call he received from the British ambassador 2 days before her arrival in Bosnia . " He was apoplectic . What were you thinking ? A private visit from the Princess of Wales , are you insane ? " White recounts ...
Contents
The Domestic and Bureaucratic Politics of a | 7 |
An Export Moratorium | 18 |
Chapter 3 | 25 |
Copyright | |
12 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Negotiating Minefields: The Landmines Ban in American Politics Leon V. Sigal No preview available - 2006 |