TY  - BOOK
AU  - Whitlark,Rachel Elizabeth
TI  - All options on the table: leaders, preventive war, and nuclear proliferation 
T2  - Cornell studies in security affairs
SN  - 9781501760341
AV  - U163 .W45 2021
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Ithaca
PB  - Cornell University Press
KW  - Preemptive attack (Military science)
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Nuclear arms control
KW  - Deterrence (Strategy)
KW  - International relations
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Print books
KW  - lcgft
N1  - 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
N2  - "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"--
ER  -