Hitting first : preventive force in U.S. security strategy / edited by William W. Keller and Gordon R. Mitchell.

Contributor(s): Keller, William W. (William Walton), 1950- | Mitchell, Gordon R, 1967-Material type: TextTextSeries: The security continuumPublication details: Pittsburgh, PA : University of Pittsburgh Press, c2006Description: viii, 360 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 0822959364 (pbk.); 9780822959366 (pbk.)Subject(s): Preemptive attack (Military science) | Military planning -- United States | United States -- Military policy | United States -- Foreign relations -- 2001-2009 | National security -- United StatesDDC classification: 355.4 LOC classification: U163 | .H58 2006
Contents:
1. Preemption, prevention, prevarication / William W. Keller and Gordon R. Mitchell -- 2. Preventive attacks against nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons programs : the track record / Dan Reiter -- 3. The curious case of Kofi Annan, George W. Bush, and the "preemptive" military force doctrine / Simon Reich -- 4. By "any measures" necessary : NSC-68 and Cold War roots of the 2002 national security strategy / Gordon R. Mitchell and Robert P. Newman -- 5. Strategic doctrine, public debate, and the terror war / G. Thomas Goodnight -- 6. Deliberate before striking first? / Rodger A. Payne -- 7. On justifying the first blow / Tom Rockmore -- 8. Intelligence in preventive military strategy / Greg Thielmann -- 9. Military capabilities in preventive military strategy / Peter Dombrowski -- 10. A sheep in wolf's clothing? : France's struggle with preventive force / Jacques E.C. Hymans -- 11. Promoting practical alternatives to preventive force in the wake of Operation Iraqi Freedom / William Hartung -- 12. Preventive force : untangling the discourse / William W. Keller and Gordon R. Mitchell.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-345) and index.

1. Preemption, prevention, prevarication / William W. Keller and Gordon R. Mitchell -- 2. Preventive attacks against nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons programs : the track record / Dan Reiter -- 3. The curious case of Kofi Annan, George W. Bush, and the "preemptive" military force doctrine / Simon Reich -- 4. By "any measures" necessary : NSC-68 and Cold War roots of the 2002 national security strategy / Gordon R. Mitchell and Robert P. Newman -- 5. Strategic doctrine, public debate, and the terror war / G. Thomas Goodnight -- 6. Deliberate before striking first? / Rodger A. Payne -- 7. On justifying the first blow / Tom Rockmore -- 8. Intelligence in preventive military strategy / Greg Thielmann -- 9. Military capabilities in preventive military strategy / Peter Dombrowski -- 10. A sheep in wolf's clothing? : France's struggle with preventive force / Jacques E.C. Hymans -- 11. Promoting practical alternatives to preventive force in the wake of Operation Iraqi Freedom / William Hartung -- 12. Preventive force : untangling the discourse / William W. Keller and Gordon R. Mitchell.

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