The Sovereignty Wars

Now in paperbackwith a new preface by the author Americans have long been protective of the country's sovereigntyall the way back to George Washington who, when retiring as president, admonished his successors to avoid permanent alliances with foreign powers. Ever since, the nation has faced periodic, often heated, debates about how to maintain that sovereignty, and whether and when it is appropriate to cede some of it in the form of treaties and the alliances about which Washington warned. As t