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010			_a 2021014527
020			_a9781501760341 _q(hardcover)
035			_a21969919
040			_aNIC/DLC _beng _cDLC _erda _dDLC _dAU
042			_apcc
049			_aAlfaisal Main Library
050	0	0	_aU163 _b.W45 2021
100	1		_aWhitlark, Rachel Elizabeth, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aAll options on the table : _bleaders, preventive war, and nuclear proliferation / _cRachel Elizabeth Whitlark.
264		1	_aIthaca : _bCornell University Press, _c©2021
300			_a258 pages _c24 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aCornell studies in security affairs
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 233-249) and index.
505	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.
520			_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"--
650		0	_aPreemptive attack (Military science) _vCase studies.
650		0	_aNuclear arms control.
650		0	_aDeterrence (Strategy)
650		0	_aInternational relations _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aInternational relations _xHistory _y21st century.
655		0	_aPrint books. _2lcgft _94
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aWhitlark, Rachel Elizabeth. _tAll options on the table. _dIthaca : Cornell University Press, 2021 _z9781501760365 _w(DLC) 2021014528
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