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Why not preempt? : security, law, norms and anticipatory military activities
Anticipatory military activities, both preemptive and preventive, are at the centre of American strategic doctrine. Rachel Bzostek puts forward a full understanding of why states have or have not undertaken such activities in the past in order to comprehend why states have rarely used this method.
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- 9780754670575
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- 1 online resource (viii, 258 p.)
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- Justice, international law and global security
- Call Number
- [POL-SSS-73]
Striking first : preemption and prevention in international conflict
Tackling one of the most controversial policy issues of the post-September 11 world, this title argues that neither the Bush Doctrine nor customary international law is capable of adequately responding to the pressing security threats of our times.
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- 9780691136585
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- xxiv, 175 p. ; 23 cm.
- Series Title
- University Center for Human Values series
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- [POL-SSS-63]
Striking first : preemptive and preventive attack in U.S. national security p…
RAND Project AIR FORCE studied the post-9/11 shift in US defense policy emphasis toward preemptive and preventive attack, asking under what conditions preemptive or preventive attack is worth considering as a response to perceived threats. It considered the role such first-strike strategies are likely to play in future US national security policy.
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- 0833038818
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- 1 online resource (xxxi, 311 p.)
- Series Title
- Rand Corporation monograph series
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- [POL-SSS-62]
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