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Opponents of economic sanctions argue that such measures have been ineffectual and often counterproductive in the past. Much evidence to support that view can be found in Economic Sanctions (Harvard University Center for International Affairs; $9.95 paperback), a timely new historical survey by British Diplomat Robin Renwick. The book dispassionately examines numerous episodes of economic warfare, including the League of Nations trade restrictions against Italy following its 1935 invasion of Ethiopia and the U.S. embargo of Cuba after Castro came to power in 1959. As a former head of the Rhodesia department of the British Foreign Office, Renwick brings particular...
...Renwick's study shows that sanctions can seriously damage the economy of a target nation. Italy's exports fell about 35% after the League of Nations action. Rhodesia's tobacco farmers, heavily dependent on sales abroad, suffered a two-thirds cut in their income. Cuba's economy stalled in part because the country could not obtain spare parts for American-made machinery...
Whatever punitive economic impact sanctions may have, they have almost invariably failed to achieve their political goal: to change the conduct of an offending government. The League of Nations embargo did not force Italy to withdraw from Ethiopia. Instead, as Renwick notes, the pressure "stiffened Italian resolve...
Douglas County District Court Judge James Paddock found Cedric Alexander, a Chicago freshman, and Renwick Atkins, a Chicago sophomore, guilty of burglary and felony theft and sentenced them to five years probation...
...million annual business comes from other ventures as well, including records, music publishing (copyrights on most of the Beatles' hit songs), a theater chain, toys and bowling alleys. Last week in London, after ATV directors reported record 1970-71 profits of $10.4 million after taxes, Chairman Lord Renwick hardly exaggerated when he praised Sir Lew as British television's "supreme impresario...