Hitting first : preventive force in U.S. security strategy /

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Imprint:Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, c2006.
Description:viii, 360 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:The security continuum
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6114334
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Other authors / contributors:Keller, William W. (William Walton), 1950-
Mitchell, Gordon R., 1967-
ISBN:0822942909 (cloth : alk. paper)
0822959364 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-345) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Preemption, prevention, prevarication / William W. Keller and Gordon R. Mitchell
  • 2. Preventive attacks against nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons programs : the track record / Dan Reiter
  • 3. The curious case of Kofi Annan, George W. Bush, and the "preemptive" military force doctrine / Simon Reich
  • 4. By "any measures" necessary : NSC-68 and Cold War roots of the 2002 national security strategy / Gordon R. Mitchell and Robert P. Newman
  • 5. Strategic doctrine, public debate, and the terror war / G. Thomas Goodnight
  • 6. Deliberate before striking first? / Rodger A. Payne
  • 7. On justifying the first blow / Tom Rockmore
  • 8. Intelligence in preventive military strategy / Greg Thielmann
  • 9. Military capabilities in preventive military strategy / Peter Dombrowski
  • 10. A sheep in wolf's clothing? : France's struggle with preventive force / Jacques E. C. Hymans
  • 11. Promoting practical alternatives to preventive force in the wake of operation Iraqi freedom / William Hartung
  • 12. Preventive force : untangling the discourse / William W. Keller and Gordon R. Mitchell.