Review

"This book is vividly written, well adorned with supporting citations, and one of the best substantive restatements of the law of state recognition. That it features historical details about each period covered, coupled with practical contemporary applications, makes it must reading for anyone in search of expertise on the recognition of statehood."
--ASIL UN21 Newsletter, Issue 42, September 2011

"The book is highly successful in demonstrating how norms and principles have changed with respect to recognizing states. Fabry is particularly good at clarifying principles and comparing and contrasting them from one period to the next. The cases throughout are well researched and display solid judgment and analysis. The book is crisply written and well organized."
--The Review of Politics

"Fabry's book is an exemplary account of the theory, history and practice of recognising new states. His range is impressive, his nuances valid and his scholarship impeccable. Historians, lawyers and international relations specialists should all welcome this book."--Alan Sked, London School of Economics

About the Author

Mikulas Fabry is an Assistant Professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology. His research focuses on questions of state and governmental legitimacy in international relations and he published several journal articles and chapters in edited volumes on these topics.