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Overview
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.
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- ISBN-13: 9780300124484
- ISBN-10: 0300124481
- Publisher: Yale University Press
- Publish Date: September 2010
- Dimensions: 9.62 x 6.32 x 0.81 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.03 pounds
- Page Count: 224
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