02181cam a2200385 i 4500 21969919 20251109094818.0 210402s2021 nyu b 001 0 eng 2021014527 9781501760341 (hardcover) 21969919 NIC/DLC eng DLC rda DLC AU pcc Alfaisal Main Library U163 .W45 2021 Whitlark, Rachel Elizabeth, author. All options on the table : leaders, preventive war, and nuclear proliferation / Rachel Elizabeth Whitlark. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, ©2021 258 pages 24 cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier 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"-- Preemptive attack (Military science) Case studies. Nuclear arms control. Deterrence (Strategy) International relations History 20th century. International relations History 21st century. Print books. lcgft 4 Online version: Whitlark, Rachel Elizabeth. All options on the table. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2021 9781501760365 (DLC) 2021014528 lcc BOOKS 607839 607839 0 0 lcc 0 0 AU AU GEN 2025-11-09 0 U163 .W45 2021 AU00000000020843 2025-11-09 09:49:37 234.00 2025-11-09 BOOKS