Title: Eve of destruction : the coming age of preventive war /
Authors: Nichols, Thomas M., 1960-
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Preemptive attack (Military science); International relations; Security, International.; Relations internationales.; Politique étrangère.; Guerres.; Prévention des conflits.; Interventions étrangères.; Aide humanitaire.; Lutte contre le terrorisme.; OTAN.; Organisation des Nations unies.; Diplomatic relations; International relations; Preemptive attack (Military science); Security, International; Präventivkrieg; Präventivkrieg.; Sicherheitspolitik.; Militärische Intervention.; Präventivkrieg.; United States Foreign relations; Etats-Unis d'Amérique.; United States; USA.
Abstract: "Thomas M. Nichols uses historical analysis as well as interviews with defense officials from around the world to trace the anticipatory use of violence from the early 1990s - when the international community was faced with a series of humanitarian crises in Somalia, Bosnia, and Kosovo - to today's current and potential actions against rogue states and terrorists. He makes a case for a bold reform of U.S. foreign policy, and of the United Nations Security Council itself, in order to avert outright anarchy."--Jacket.
Contents: A new age of prevention -- Humanitarian intervention, sovereignty, and prevention -- The end of deterrence? -- International perspectives on preemption and prevention -- After Iraq -- Governing the new age of prevention -- Afterward: now what?