LEADER 03166nam 2200661 450 001 9910554498103321 005 20211203130320.0 010 $a1-5017-6035-1 024 7 $a10.1515/9781501760365 035 $a(CKB)5600000000014969 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6427504 035 $a(OCoLC)1245251649 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_94334 035 $a(DE-B1597)576383 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781501760365 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0002755021 035 $a(EXLCZ)995600000000014969 100 $a20220412e20222021 fy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAll options on the table $eleaders, preventive war, and nuclear proliferation /$fRachel Elizabeth Whitlark$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aIthaca :$cCornell University Press,$d2022. 215 $a1 online resource (275 pages) 225 1 $aCornell studies in security affairs 225 1 $aCornell scholarship online 300 $aPreviously issued in print: 2021. 311 $a1-5017-6034-3 311 $a1-5017-6036-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aWhen 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. 330 8 $aWhen is preventive war chosen to counter nuclear proliferation? In 'All Options on the Table', Rachel Elizabeth Whitlark looks beyond systemic and slow-moving factors such as the distribution of power. Instead, she highlights individual leaders' beliefs to explain when preventive military force is the preferred strategy. Executive perspective - not institutional structure - is paramount. Whitlark makes her argument through archivally based comparative case studies. She focuses on executive decision making regarding nuclear programs in China, North Korea, Iraq, Pakistan and Syria. 410 0$aCornell studies in security affairs. 410 0$aCornell scholarship online. 606 $aDeterrence (Strategy) 606 $aPreemptive attack (Military science)$vCase studies 606 $aNuclear arms control 606 $aInternational relations$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aInternational relations$xHistory$y21st century 606 $aExecutive power 606 $aHeads of state$xPsychology 615 0$aDeterrence (Strategy) 615 0$aPreemptive attack (Military science) 615 0$aNuclear arms control. 615 0$aInternational relations$xHistory 615 0$aInternational relations$xHistory 615 0$aExecutive power. 615 0$aHeads of state$xPsychology. 676 $a355.02 700 $aWhitlark$b Rachel Elizabeth$01218349 801 0$bStDuBDS 801 1$bStDuBDS 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910554498103321 996 $aAll Options on the Table$92817465 997 $aUNINA