Title All options on the table : leaders, preventive war, and nuclear proliferation / Rachel Elizabeth Whitlark

Published Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2021 ©2021

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations Series Cornell studies in security affairs Cornell studies in security affairs. Contents When leaders use preventive military force -- Explaining preventive war as a counter-proliferation strategy -- JFK and LBJ confront China's nuclear program -- Presidents 41 and 42 engage North Korea's nuclear program -- Three American presidents tangle with Iraq's nuclear program -- Israel's preventive war decision-making -- Conclusions and implications: theory, practice, and future Summary "This book uses archivally based, comparative case studies to explore decision making regarding preventive war as a counterproliferation strategy by (1) US presidents Kennedy, Johnson, Bush 41, Clinton, and Bush 43 against China, Iraq, and North Korea and (2) Israeli prime ministers Begin, Rabin, and Olmert against Iraq, Pakistan, and Syria"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 28, 2021) Subject Preemptive attack (Military science) -- Case studies Nuclear arms control. Deterrence (Strategy) International relations -- History -- 20th century International relations -- History -- 21st century POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Security Deterrence (Strategy) International relations Nuclear arms control Preemptive attack (Military science) Genre/Form Electronic books Case studies History Form Electronic book LC no. 2021014528 ISBN 9781501760365 1501760351 9781501760358 150176036X

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