LEADER 03947nam 22006494a 450 001 9910220107403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-28307-3 010 $a9786612283079 010 $a0-8330-4095-2 035 $a(CKB)1000000000474866 035 $a(EBL)784084 035 $a(OCoLC)781424037 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000284547 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11227416 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000284547 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10261204 035 $a(PQKB)10296585 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL784084 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10152637 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC784084 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000474866 100 $a20060515d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aStriking first $epreemptive and preventive attack in U.S. national security policy /$fKarl P. Mueller ... [et al.] 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aSanta Monica, CA $cRAND Project Air Force$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (xxxi, 311 pages) 225 1 $aRand Corporation monograph series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 1 $a0-8330-3881-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 271-311). 327 $aCover; 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 327 $aThe 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 327 $aU.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 327 $aAppendix D - NSS Statements on Preemptive and Preventive Attack References 330 $aRAND Project AIR FORCE studied the post-9/11 U.S. policy shift toward preemptive and preventive attack. It found that military planners should not expect preparing for such operations to be a key driver for change in U.S. military capabilities. 410 0$aRand Corporation monograph series. 606 $aNational security$zUnited States 606 $aPreemptive attack (Military science) 607 $aUnited States$xMilitary policy 607 $aUnited States$xDefenses 615 0$aNational security 615 0$aPreemptive attack (Military science) 676 $a355/.033573 701 $aMueller$b Karl P$0966895 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910220107403321 996 $aStriking first$92194763 997 $aUNINA