Paper Wars

How Treaties, Sanctions, and Legal Loopholes Replaced Guns

Julian R Vale

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Vij Books
15 October 2025

Military history; Arms negotiation & control; Defence strategy, planning & research; International law

The most powerful wars of our time are not fought with guns-they are waged with contracts, sanctions, and digital policies. In a world where global influence flows through legal briefs, trade deals, and coded algorithms, the battlefield has moved from trenches to treaties. This eye-opening investigation reveals how today's dominant powers use economic warfare, legal warfare strategies, and diplomatic pressure to win without firing a single shot.

Step behind the headlines of how sanctions work, uncover the hidden machinery of modern warfare without weapons, and discover why your nation's prosperity-or vulnerability-may hinge on a court ruling in another continent. From the weaponization of the SWIFT banking system to the role of global power and law in suppressing access to life-saving technology, this book exposes how paper, not steel, now determines the fate of nations.

Essential reading for readers of history, geopolitics, law, and strategy, it's for anyone who wants to understand invisible wars in diplomacy and how international conflict without violence is shaping a new global order. Through incisive case studies and a forensic analysis of systems often disguised as neutral, it offers a gripping redefinition of war, peace, and sovereignty.

You'll come away with a radical new lens: how to spot paper wars, decode how trade wars work, and understand the shifting tactics of 21st-century empires. This is not just a book-it's a field manual for reading the world as it really is. Whether you're a policymaker, strategist, student, or simply a curious reader, it will sharpen your instincts and expand your grasp of global reality.

By: Julian R Vale
Imprint: Vij Books
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 426g
ISBN: 9788199242456
ISBN 10: 8199242450
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 15 October 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Julian R. Vale writes at the intersection of history, geopolitics, law, and power. With a background rooted in strategic analysis and global policy advisory, his work explores how institutions, language, and legal systems shape the outcomes of conflict without a single shot being fired. His writing challenges conventional narratives of war and peace, making visible the forces that govern modern life through paper rather than steel. Driven by a deep interest in how the world truly works-not just how it's explained-Vale's mission is to equip readers with sharper lenses to decode invisible structures of control. When he's not researching paper weapons, he studies real ones-though he prefers debates to bullets.