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Article: Preventive Attack and Weapons of Mass Destruction: A Comparative Historical Analysis.
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- CML Army Chemical Review
- Article date:
- January 1, 2007
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Preventive Attack and Weapons of Mass Destruction: A Comparative Historical Analysis, Lyle J. Goldstein, Stanford University Press, 2005.
One of the most controversial aspects in the national security strategy of the Bush administration has been the concept of premptive war. Lyle Goldstein examines this concept using examples from the Cold War era. He correctly clarifies the concept of preemptive war as preventive war, with a perfunctory caveat that timing is the main distinguishing feature.
This book is a scholarly study that many may find difficult to read. Numerous examples of crises during the Cold War are revealed, showing several instances when war ...