All options on the table : leaders, preventive war, and nuclear proliferation / / Rachel Elizabeth Whitlark [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Whitlark Rachel Elizabeth
• Pubblicazione: Ithaca : , : Cornell University Press, , 2022
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (275 pages)
• Disciplina: 355.02
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Note generali: Previously issued in print: 2021.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: All Options on the Table
• ISBN: 1-5017-6035-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910554498103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Cornell studies in security affairs.; Cornell scholarship online.