Author:
Sands, Philippe
After World War II, the U.S. and Great Britain guided the creation of a new law-based international order, outlawing the excesses of war, protecting human rights and promoting free trade. International lawyer Philippe Sands explains why we need global rules and produces disturbing evidence that the U.S. has now reneged on many of these agreements, with the active collusion of Britain. Are we on the verge of a new world order where powerful nations can ignore rules that no longer suit them?