This volume explores the preventive war option in American foreign policy, from the early Cold War strategic problems created by the growth of Soviet and Chinese power, to the post-Cold War fears of a nuclear-armed North Korea, Iraq and Iran.
This volume explores the preventive war option in American foreign policy, from the early Cold War strategic problems created by the growth of Sovi...
Between the Revolutionary War and the Civil War, the United States was embroiled in competitive inter-state politics. Although it did not directly involve itself in European affairs, the United States did engage regularly in dangerous struggles with other states and with colonial powers with territory on the American periphery. Aside from the War of 1812, the Oregon Crisis, and the Mexican War, other "near misses" included here disputes of 1807 and 1809 with Britain, with Spain over East Florida in 1811 13, with Mexico in 1853, and disputes with Spain over Cuba in 1853 55 and with Mexico in...
Between the Revolutionary War and the Civil War, the United States was embroiled in competitive inter-state politics. Although it did not directly inv...
This book boldly challenges conventional wisdom about the value of preventive war, beginning with the rise of Hitler's Germany through the disastrous invasion of Iraq. Silverstone argues that the Rhineland crisis leading up to WWII presents a critical case for studying power shifts among states--and the preventive war temptation that results.
This book boldly challenges conventional wisdom about the value of preventive war, beginning with the rise of Hitler's Germany through the disastrous ...
