Benjamin Coates

Benjamin Coates is Associate Professor of History at Wake Forest University, where he teaches courses in the history of the US & the World. His first book, Legalist Empire: International Law and American Foreign Relations in the Early Twentieth Century, was published by Oxford University Press in 2016. He has also published articles in Diplomatic History, The Journal of American History, and Modern American History. His current research investigates the history of economic sanctions in the twentieth century.