Belize’s Independence and Decolonization in Latin America Guatemala, Britain, and the UN /

Belize, a small British colony in Central America faced with a territorial claim and military threats from neighboring Guatemala, overcame disadvantages of size and power by implementing a strategy of internationalization that utilized new international norms and international organizations, in part...

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Main Author: Shoman, A. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Edition:1st ed. 2010.
Series:Studies of the Americas
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230106482
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