All Options on the Table : Leaders, Preventive War, and Nuclear Proliferation /

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"This book uses archivally based, comparative case studies to explore decision making regarding preventive war as a counterproliferation strategy by (1) US presidents Kennedy, Johnson, Bush 41, Clinton, and Bush 43 against China, Iraq, and North Korea and (2) Israeli prime ministers Begin, Rabi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Whitlark, Rachel Elizabeth (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2021.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Preemptive attack (Military science)
Nuclear arms control
International relations
Deterrence (Strategy)
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Security
Dissuasion (Strategie)
Armes nucleaires > Contrôle.
Attaque preventive (Science militaire) > Études de cas.
International relations > History > 21st century.
International relations > History > 20th century.
Nuclear arms control.
Preemptive attack (Military science) > Case studies.
History
Case studies
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • When leaders use preventive military force
  • Explaining preventive war as a counter-proliferation strategy
  • JFK and LBJ confront China's nuclear program
  • Presidents 41 and 42 engage North Korea's nuclear program
  • Three American presidents tangle with Iraq's nuclear program
  • Israel's preventive war decision-making
  • Conclusions and implications: theory, practice, and future

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