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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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Book category Books in English Humanities History Regional & national history

• Full title: First Strike
• Author: Mark Totten
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 240
• EAN: 9780300124484
• ID: 04050501
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Weight: 474 g
• Dimensions: 238 × 164 × 21 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. October 2010

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