"Since their success during the First World War, sanctions have become a popular tool of statecraft, used to deter, coerce, or punish regimes that violate international norms. For example, like other Western states, Canada has been an active sanctioner, imposing sanctions against some twenty-two countries during the 1980s. In this book, Kim Richard Nossal questions the usefulness, for middle powers such as Canada and Australia, of the theory that underpins international sanctions. He contends that because Canada and Australia lack the economic capabilities that give the sanctions of major powe