Will Soper Responds to Tyler Smotherman’s Review of “Greytown Is No More!”

I have read Tyler Smotherman’s review of my book, Greytown Is No More! I am much buoyed by the many positive passages to be found throughout its 17 pages. I wish to thank the reviewer, Tyler Smotherman, JNSLP Managing Editor Todd Huntley, and Editor-in-Chief William C. Banks for their efforts. I would like to take… Continue reading Will Soper Responds to Tyler Smotherman’s Review of “Greytown Is No More!”

Greytown, Great Power Politics, and History’s Grey Areas

Tyler R. Smotherman reviews Will Soper’s “Greytown Is No More!” The 1854 Razing of a Central American port, the U.S. Businesses Behind Its Demise, and the Lasting Foreign Policy Legacy, which looks at the cause of Greytown’s destruction and takes a critical look at the court’s subsequent ruling in Durand v. Hollins. Smotherman praises the… Continue reading Greytown, Great Power Politics, and History’s Grey Areas

The San Francisco Conference and the Evitable UN Vetoes

Robert A. James reviews the surprising history of the United Nations Security Council veto, the five permanent members solution, and the various alternatives proposed during the discussion. Although the current Security Council format appears historically inevitable, there is ample evidence of alternative formats suggested at the time of the construction of the United Nations. Beginning… Continue reading The San Francisco Conference and the Evitable UN Vetoes