Secession as an International Phenomenon: From America's Civil War to Contemporary Separatist Movements by Don H. Doyle
Considers a wide range of topics related to secession, separatism, and the nationalist passions that inflame secessionist conflicts. The contributors all understand secession as a common feature of the modern world and as a historic phenomenon of international scope. It includes the proposal that secession ought to be subject to rational arbitration and ethical norms, instead of being decided by force.