Striking first : preemptive and preventive attack in U.S. national security policy / / Karl P. Mueller ... [et al.]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910220107403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Santa Monica, CA, : RAND Project Air Force, 2006
• ISBN: 1-282-28307-3; 9786612283079; 0-8330-4095-2
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxxi, 311 pages)
• Collana: Rand Corporation monograph series
• Altri autori (Persone): MuellerKarl P
• Disciplina: 355/.033573
• Soggetti: National security - United States; Preemptive attack (Military science); United States Military policy; United States Defenses
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-311).
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures and Table; Summary; Acknowledgments; Glossary; Chapter One - Striking First: Preemptive and Preventive Attacks; Introduction; The Doctrine of Preemption and the U.S. National Security Strategy; Preemption and Prevention; Studying Preemptive and Preventive Attack; Chapter Two - The Best Defense? When and Why States Strike First; Introduction; Prevention and Preemption in International Politics; The Costs, Benefits, and Risks of Anticipatory Attack; Chapter Three - Attacking in Self-Defense: Legality and Legitimacy of Striking First; The United States' View of Anticipatory Attack International Law; Legal Use of Force; The Significance of Legality; Legitimacy; Conclusion; Chapter Four - Preemptive and Preventive Strategies in Future U.S. National Security Policy: Prospects and Implications; Striking First: Rhetoric and Reality; Leading Scenarios for U.S. Anticipatory Attack; Political Consequences of Anticipatory Attack; Anticipatory Attack and Future U.S. Defense Planning; Preemptive Attack as a Threat to the United States; The Nexus of Politics and War; Appendix A - U.S. Preventive Attack Cases; U.S. Consideration of Preventive War Against the USSR U.S. Consideration of Preventive Attack Against China; The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962; The Invasion of Grenada, 1983; Appendix B - Israeli Preemptive and Preventive Attack Cases; Introduction; The Sinai Campaign, 1956; The Six-Day War, 1967; The October War, 1973; The Osirak Raid, 1981; Appendix C - Counterterrorist Anticipatory Attack Cases; Introduction; The Israeli Assassination Attempt Against Khaled Mishal,1997; The Tirana Raids, 1998; Hellfire Strike in Yemen, 2002; The Jordanian Crackdown in Ma'an, 2002; Appendix D - NSS Statements on Preemptive and Preventive Attack References
• Sommario/riassunto: RAND Project AIR FORCE studied the post-9/11 U.S. policy shift toward preemptive and preventive attack. It found that military planners should not expect preparing for such operations to be a key driver for change in U.S. military capabilities.