GARDINER, L. - The Eagle Spreads His Claws : A History of the Corfu Channel Dispute - (Hardcover)

1966 1st Ed - 286p- Wrapper laminated to boards - Did/does belong to a library, but that's another story.  >>> The Corfu Channel Incident consists of three separate events involving  ships in the  which took place in 1946, and it is considered an early episode of the . During the first incident, Royal Navy ships came under fire from Albanian fortifications. The second incident involved Royal Navy ships striking  and the third incident occurred when the Royal Navy conducted  operations in the Corfu Channel, but in Albanian , and Albania complained about them to the United Nations. These  incidents led to the , where the United Kingdom brought a case against the  to the . The Court rendered a decision under which Albania was to pay £844,000 to the United Kingdom. Because of the incidents, Britain, in 1946, broke off talks with Albania aimed at establishing . Diplomatic relations were only restored in 1991. ***OMG***  WARNING - If you are found with this book you could get arrested  - You might rather want to return it to its righful owner but you are probably going to have to pay the librarian a hefty fine - Ex-lib with no other library goodies, stamps & stick-ins apart from that warning (???)