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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154341203321

Autore

Yoo John

Titolo

Point of attack : preventive war, international law, and global welfare / / John Yoo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014

ISBN

0-19-934776-X

0-19-934774-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

341.6

Soggetti

War (International law)

Aggression (International law)

Intervention (International law)

Humanitarian intervention

Just war doctrine

Security, International

Preemptive attack (Military science)

International Law

Law, Politics & Government

Treaties, International

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

War and the new millennium -- Imperial versus humanitarian wars -- From just war to false peace -- Force rules -- Wars of global welfare -- Great power security -- Failed states.

Sommario/riassunto

'Point of Attack' argues that the time has come to replace the international rules of war. Current law permits nations to resort to force only in self-defence or under UN authority, which perversely allows mass civilian killings, civil wars, weapons proliferation, and terrorism to run rampant. A new approach should allow the great powers to intervene when a war would benefit global welfare more than the costs.