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The Gamble of WarNarrating, Explaining, Defining Preventive War

The Gamble of War: Narrating, Explaining, Defining Preventive War [What is a preventive war? We have to overcome an initial paradox here. It would seem to be dual in nature, both offensive and defensive. Preventive war—the most striking example being the war launched by the United States against Iraq in 2003—is a conflict waged in a resolutely offensive mode. However, the watchword etched on the US standard was the security of the United States and the world. This chimes with a more or less well-founded belief that preventive war is necessary when a strictly defensive action would have failed and would have unjustly endangered the state that feels compelled to give battle.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

The Gamble of WarNarrating, Explaining, Defining Preventive War

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan US
Copyright
© Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2013
ISBN
978-1-349-43727-6
Pages
17 –51
DOI
10.1057/9781137018953_2
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Abstract

[What is a preventive war? We have to overcome an initial paradox here. It would seem to be dual in nature, both offensive and defensive. Preventive war—the most striking example being the war launched by the United States against Iraq in 2003—is a conflict waged in a resolutely offensive mode. However, the watchword etched on the US standard was the security of the United States and the world. This chimes with a more or less well-founded belief that preventive war is necessary when a strictly defensive action would have failed and would have unjustly endangered the state that feels compelled to give battle.]

Published: Nov 9, 2015

Keywords: Nuclear Weapon; Precautionary Principle; Mass Murder; Potential Enemy; Greek World

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