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UNINA9910554498103321 |
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Autore |
Whitlark Rachel Elizabeth |
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Titolo |
All options on the table : leaders, preventive war, and nuclear proliferation / / Rachel Elizabeth Whitlark [[electronic resource]] |
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Ithaca : , : Cornell University Press, , 2022 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (275 pages) |
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Collana |
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Cornell studies in security affairs |
Cornell scholarship online |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Deterrence (Strategy) |
Preemptive attack (Military science) |
Nuclear arms control |
International relations - History - 20th century |
International relations - History - 21st century |
Executive power |
Heads of state - Psychology |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Previously issued in print: 2021. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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When is preventive war chosen to counter nuclear proliferation? In 'All Options on the Table', Rachel Elizabeth Whitlark looks beyond systemic and slow-moving factors such as the distribution of power. Instead, she highlights individual leaders' beliefs to explain when preventive military force is the preferred strategy. Executive perspective - not institutional structure - is paramount. Whitlark makes her argument through archivally based comparative case studies. She focuses on executive decision making regarding nuclear programs in China, North Korea, Iraq, Pakistan and Syria. |
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