Intervention and State Sovereignty in Central Europe, 1500-1780

Download or read book Intervention and State Sovereignty in Central Europe, 1500-1780 written by Patrick Milton and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023-02-09 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interventions in other states on behalf of their populations is often portrayed as a novel phenomenon in state practice, one which breaches the old principle of sovereignty. But is this really a new practice? Patrick Milton argues that such interventions occurred frequently as far back as the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries.