Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 What are Anticipatory Military Activities?; 3 International Security; 4 International Law; 5 The Just War Tradition; 6 Strategic Necessity, Law, and Norms I: Anticipatory Military Activities and Imminent Threats; 7 Strategic Necessity, Law, and Norms II: Anticipatory Military Activities and Distant Threats; 8 Strategic Necessity, Law, and Norms III: Anticipatory Military Activities and the Bush Doctrine; 9 Conclusions and Implications; Bibliography