A novel analysis of secessionist movements, explaining state response, the likelihood of conflict, and the proliferation of states since 1945.

About half of today's nation-states originated as some kind of breakaway state. The end of the Cold War witnessed a resurgence of separatist activity affecting

Secession and the Sovereignty Game offers a comprehensive strategic theory for how secessionist movements attempt to win independence. Combining original data a

Discusses the series of events that lead to the secession of the southern states from the Union and to the start of the Civil War in 1861.

A timeless reference on the right of secession from Britainís Glorious Revolution to Canada's current situation. Born in Minnesota, John Remington Graham is a