Preventive attack and weapons of mass destruction
Subtitle: a comparative historical analysis
By: Lyle J. Goldstein.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
Subjects: Weapons of mass destruction -- History -- 20th century; Preemptive attack (Military science) -- History -- 20th century; World politics -- 1945-1989; Arms race -- History -- 20th century; Detente -- History -- 20th century; Conflict management -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Literature and methods; title: Case 1, the early Cold War; title: Case 2, the United States and China; title: Case 3, the Soviet Union and China; title: Case 4, China and India; title: Case 5, Israel and Iraq; title: Contemporary cases, the 1990s; title: Conclusion; title: Epilogue, the Bush doctrine.