| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 261 pages) |
| Contents |
Chapter Introduction -- chapter 1 The Seven Streams: Napoleon Moves on Vienna, 1805 -- chapter 2 Preserving a Way of Life: The War Between the States, 1861 -- chapter 3 Imperial Hegemony: The Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905 -- chapter 4 Trapped into War: Imperial Germany and the Great War in Europe, 1914 -- chapter 5 A Question of Survival: National Socialism Takes Germany to War, 1939 -- chapter 6 Choosing Enemies: Japan Accepts the US Challenge for War, 1941 -- chapter 7 The Soviet Monroe Doctrine: The Russo-Finnish Winter War of 1939 -- chapter 8 Fighting on Ground of Its Own Choosing: The PRC Opts for War in Korea, 1950 -- chapter 9 Being Everywhere at Once: Israel Defeats the Arab League, 1967 -- chapter 10 A Dangerous Simplicity: The American Preemptive War in Iraq, 2003 |
| Summary |
Examines case studies of preemptive war throughout history, from Napoleonic France to the American Civil War, and from Hitler's Germany to the US invasion of Iraq. This book takes a look at the international use of military and political preemption throughout the last two hundred years of western history |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-253) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Preemptive attack (Military science) -- Case studies
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Just war doctrine.
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Military history, Modern.
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HISTORY -- Military -- Strategy.
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Just war doctrine
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Military history, Modern
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Preemptive attack (Military science)
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203929261 |
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0203929268 |
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041595844X |
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9780415958448 |
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0415958458 |
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9780415958455 |
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