Preemption, prevention, and proliferation
Subtitle: the threat and use of weapons in history
By: George H. Quester.
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781412810418
Subjects: Weapons -- History; Military history; Preemptive attack (Military science) -- History; Arms race -- History; International relations -- History; Military policy -- History; International relations; Military policy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Some basic issues of definition; title: International systems achieving peace; title: Some under-remembered history; title: The legacy of World War II; title: Nuclear preventive war?; title: The American historical tradition; title: Some lessons for the future.