"A timely, innovative exploration of how global actors quietly resist US' economic power—an essential, engaging read for scholars and students alike." —Elizabeth Carter, University of New Hampshire

Since the 1990s, the US use of economic sanctions as a tool of statecraft has exploded—and both third-party states and the targets themselves have developed a range of “smart” strategies to work around the restrictions. Keith Preble chronicles the emergence and distinctiveness of these sanctions-evasion measures and evaluates their effectiveness in challenging US economic power.