First strike : America, terrorism, and moral tradition / / Mark Totten
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| Autore: |
Totten Mark <1974->
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| Titolo: |
First strike : America, terrorism, and moral tradition / / Mark Totten
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| Pubblicazione: | New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2010 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (1 online resource (vi, 218 p.)) |
| Disciplina: | 172/.42 |
| Soggetto topico: | Terrorism - Prevention - Government policy - United States |
| Just war doctrine | |
| War - Moral and ethical aspects - United States | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | The turn toward prevention -- "Against our traditions"? -- Just war at home in America -- Early modern rivals -- Anticipation in a state of nature -- Evolution and eclipse -- Revision -- Behind Webster's rule -- Beyond Webster's rule. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Can the use of force first against a less-than-imminent threat be both morally acceptable and consistent with American values? In this timely book Mark Totten offers the first in-depth, historical examination of the use of preemptive and preventive force through the lens of the just war tradition.Although critical of the American incursion into Iraq as a so-called "preemptive war," Totten argues that the new terrorist threat nonetheless demands careful consideration of when the first use of force is legitimate. The moral tradition, he concludes, provides a principled way forward that reconciles American values and the demands of security. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | First strike |
| ISBN: | 0-300-16864-0 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910812986803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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