Preemption :

Dershowitz, Alan M.

Preemption : a knife that cuts both ways / Alan M. Dershowitz. - 1st ed. - New York : W.W. Norton, c2006. - xii, 348 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. - Issues of our time .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-332) and index.

A brief history of preemption, prevention, and prediction in the context of individual crime -- Preemptive military action : from surgical strike to all-out war -- Preemption and nonpreemption in the Arab-Israeli conflict : its relevance to U.S. policy -- Preventive measures against terrorism -- Bush Doctrine on preemption, the U.S. attack against Iraq -- Would preemptive action against the Iranian nuclear program be justified? -- Toward a jurisprudence of prevention and preemption.

0393060128 (hardcover) 9780393060126 (hardcover)

2005027728

GBA620966 bnb

013397210 Uk


Violence--Prevention.
Preemptive attack (Military science)
Pre-emption.

HM1116 / .D47 2006

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