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All options on the table : leaders, preventive war, and nuclear proliferation /

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Main Author: Whitlark, Rachel Elizabeth (Author)
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2021.
Series:Cornell studies in security affairs.
Subjects:
Preemptive attack (Military science) > Case studies.
Nuclear arms control.
Deterrence (Strategy)
International relations > History > 20th century.
International relations > History > 21st century.
Attaque préventive (Science militaire) > Études de cas.
Armes nucléaires > Contrôle.
Dissuasion (Stratégie)
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Security
International relations
Nuclear arms control
Preemptive attack (Military science)
1900-2099
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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