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

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Hitting first : preventive force in U.S. security strategy / edited by William W. Keller and Gordon R. Mitchell.
Publication
Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, c2006.

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  • Keller, William W. (William Walton), 1950-
  • Mitchell, Gordon R., 1967-
Description
viii, 360 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
The security continuum
Subject
  • Preemptive attack (Military science)
  • Military planning > United States
  • National security > United States
  • United States > Military policy
  • United States > Foreign relations > 2001-2009
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-345) and index.
Contents
Preemption, prevention, prevarication / William W. Keller and Gordon R. Mitchell -- Preventive attacks against nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons programs : the track record / Dan Reiter -- The curious case of Kofi Annan, George W. Bush, and the "preemptive" military force doctrine / Simon Reich -- By "any measures" necessary : NSC-68 and Cold War roots of the 2002 national security strategy / Gordon R. Mitchell and Robert P. Newman -- Strategic doctrine, public debate, and the terror war / G. Thomas Goodnight -- Deliberate before striking first? / Rodger A. Payne -- On justifying the first blow / Tom Rockmore -- Intelligence in preventive military strategy / Greg Thielmann -- Military capabilities in preventive military strategy / Peter Dombrowski -- A sheep in wolf's clothing? : France's struggle with preventive force / Jacques E.C. Hymans -- Promoting practical alternatives to preventive force in the wake of Operation Iraqi Freedom / William Hartung -- Preventive force : untangling the discourse / William W. Keller and Gordon R. Mitchell.
Call Number
JFE 06-14281
ISBN
  • 0822942909 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0822959364 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780822942900 (alk. paper)
  • 9780822959366 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2006015728
OCLC
68800024
Title
Hitting first : preventive force in U.S. security strategy / edited by William W. Keller and Gordon R. Mitchell.
Imprint
Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, c2006.
Series
The security continuum
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-345) and index.
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Keller, William W. (William Walton), 1950-
Mitchell, Gordon R., 1967-
Research Call Number
JFE 06-14281
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