| Why Not Preempt?: Security, Law, Norms and Anticipatory Military Activities Contributor(s): Bzostek, Rachel (Author) |
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ISBN: 0754670570 ISBN-13: 9780754670575 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $113.85 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science |
| Dewey: 172.42 |
| LCCN: 2007031002 |
| Series: Justice, International Law and Global Security |
| Physical Information: 266 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Anticipatory military activities, which include both preemptive and preventive military actions, are at the centre of American strategic doctrine - however, states rarely use these activities. Rachel Bzostek puts forward an integrated analysis to help understand why states have or have not undertaken such activities in the past. By exploring what kinds of strategic or structural elements compel states or leaders to take anticipatory military action, as well as how these concepts are viewed in both international law and the just war tradition, this book uses case studies to examine those elements that have played an influential role in the decision-making process. Ideal as a course reader for upper division undergraduate and graduates in security studies, international law, US foreign policy and those involved in the teaching and training of the military. |