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Striking first : preemptive and preventive attack in U.S. national security policy /

Following the terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001, U.S. leaders recast the national security strategy to place greater emphasis on the threats posed by terrorists and by states from which they might acquire weapons of mass destruction, and announced that in the future t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Mueller, Karl P.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Monica, CA : RAND Project Air Force, 2006.
Colección:Rand Corporation monograph series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Striking first: preemptive and preventive attacks
  • The best defense? when and why states strike first
  • Attacking in self-defense: legality and legitimacy of striking first
  • Preemptive and preventive strategies in future U.S. national security policy: prospects and implications
  • Appendix A: U.S. preventive attack cases
  • Appendix B: Israeli preemptive and preventive attack cases
  • Appendix C: Counterterrorist anticipatory attack cases
  • Appendix D: NSS statements on preemptive and preventive attack.