“Foundations of World Order provides a good summary and explanation . . . . [C]lear and concise discussion of the relevant international agreements and their technical legal machinery. . . . Foundations of World Order is a helpful addition to this continuing dialogue between international law and politics.” — Yale Journal of International Law
“Foundations of World Order provides an excellent and balanced analysis of U.S. foreign policy . . . . Boyle’s analysis is notable for its fair appraisal of both the achievements and failures of U.S. foreign policy during the era. . . . The book’s persuasiveness is partially due to its clear and instructive organization. . . . One of the book’s major virtues is its balanced admiration and critique for U.S. foreign policy. . . . Boyle’s presentation, which consistently references both earlier and subsequent periods, allows the reader to see clearly how the foundational period influenced later efforts to promote peaceable resolutions to international conflicts.” — Pratheepan Gulasekaram , Stanford Journal of International Law
“Foundations of World Order. . . should be required reading for historians, political scientists, international relations specialists, and policy-makers. It not only illuminates the long-forgotten origins of international practices and institutions. . . but also offers a revisionist reading of a decisive, singular era in US foreign relations.” — Eileen Scully , The International History Review
“[A] passionate defense of legalism in Foundations of World Order. . . . Boyle makes a strong argument . . . . Boyle’s Foundations of World Order provides firm grounding in legalist history, norms, and persuasive power.” — Lisa Lynch , NYU Journal of International Law and Politics
“[A]n intricate and comprehensive . . . saga of American foreign policy.” — Sanford R. Silverburg , The Law and Politics Book Review
“[Boyle’s] thesis is bold; he revisits much currently accepted thought on the causes and consequences of twentieth-century conflicts. For Boyle the cause is clear—the failure to accord international law its due place—and he seems to dare the reader to prove otherwise.” — Andrew Olson , Perspectives on Political Science
“For those who think that the legalist approach to international relations began and ended with Woodrow Wilson, this book will be a surprise. . . . [It] tells a fascinating story of law and institutional innovation. . . . ” — Foreign Affairs
“Highly informative and interesting. Boyle puts the different policy initiatives under the general ‘legalist’ framework, and he makes sense of this period in the history of U.S. international relations.” — John Quigley, author of The Ruses for War: American Interventionism since World War II
“Specialists in the field of American diplomatic history and the jurisprudence of international law should welcome this work. There is no other that covers the same ground.” — Alfred P. Rubin, author of Ethics and Authority in International Law