02082cam a2200349 i 45000010009000000050017000090080041000260100017000670200031000840350013001150400036001280420008001640500020001721000041001922450113002332640048003463000023003943360026004173370028004433380027004714900040004985040067005385050391006055200350009966500056013466500026014026500026014286500052014546500052015066550024015587760150015822196991920251109094818.0210402s2021    nyu      b    001 0 eng    a  2021014527  a9781501760341q(hardcover)  a21969919  aNIC/DLCbengcDLCerdadDLCdAU  apcc00aU163b.W45 20211 aWhitlark, Rachel Elizabeth,eauthor.10aAll options on the table :bleaders, preventive war, and nuclear proliferation /cRachel Elizabeth Whitlark. 1aIthaca :bCornell University Press,c©2021  a258 pages c24 cm.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier0 aCornell studies in security affairs  aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 233-249) and index.0 aWhen 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.  a"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"-- 0aPreemptive attack (Military science)vCase studies. 0aNuclear arms control. 0aDeterrence (Strategy) 0aInternational relationsxHistoryy20th century. 0aInternational relationsxHistoryy21st century. 0aPrint books.2lcgft08iOnline version:aWhitlark, Rachel Elizabeth.tAll options on the table.dIthaca : Cornell University Press, 2021z9781501760365w(DLC) 2021014528