All options on the table : leaders, preventive war, and nuclear proliferation /
Whitlark, Rachel Elizabeth,
All options on the table : leaders, preventive war, and nuclear proliferation / Rachel Elizabeth Whitlark. - 258 pages 24 cm. - Cornell studies in security affairs .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-249) and index.
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.
"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, Rabin, and Olmert against Iraq, Pakistan, and Syria"--
9781501760341
2021014527
Preemptive attack (Military science)--Case studies.
Nuclear arms control.
Deterrence (Strategy)
International relations--History--20th century.
International relations--History--21st century.
Print books.
U163 / .W45 2021
All options on the table : leaders, preventive war, and nuclear proliferation / Rachel Elizabeth Whitlark. - 258 pages 24 cm. - Cornell studies in security affairs .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-249) and index.
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.
"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, Rabin, and Olmert against Iraq, Pakistan, and Syria"--
9781501760341
2021014527
Preemptive attack (Military science)--Case studies.
Nuclear arms control.
Deterrence (Strategy)
International relations--History--20th century.
International relations--History--21st century.
Print books.
U163 / .W45 2021