Why not preempt?: security, law, norms and anticipatory military activities
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Main Author: Bzostek, Rachel (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Aldershot Ashgate ©2008
Series:Justice, international law and global security
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Online Access:Volltext
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-250) and index
Introduction -- What are anticipatory military activities? -- International security -- International law -- The just war tradition -- Strategic necessity, law, and norms I: anticipatory military activities and imminent threats -- Strategic necessity, law, and norms II: anticipatory military activities and distant threats -- Strategic necessity, law, and norms III: anticipatory military activities and the Bush Doctrine -- Conclusion and implications
Anticipatory military activities, both preemptive and preventive, are at the centre of American strategic doctrine. Rachel Bzostek puts forward a full understanding of why states have or have not undertaken such activities in the past in order to comprehend why states have rarely used this method
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (viii, 258 pages)
ISBN:075468976X
9780754689768

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