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

"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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Autore principale: Whitlark, Rachel Elizabeth (Autore)
Natura: Licensed eBooks
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Ithaca : Cornell University Press 2021.
Serie:Cornell studies in security affairs.
Accesso online:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7591/j.ctv1cbn4v8
Sommario:
  • 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