Description
Belize, a small British colony in Central The united states faced with a territorial claim and military threats from neighboring Guatemala, overcame disadvantages of size and tool by implementing a strategy of internationalization that utilized new international norms and international organizations, particularly the Non-Aligned Movement and the United Nations. This book, written by a key player within the independence struggle, main points the history of the territorial claim and of the international campaign that made it conceivable for Belize to reach protected independence with all its territory regardless of pressures from Britain and the USA to cede land and compromise its sovereignty.