Striking first : : preemptive and preventive attack in U.S. national security policy / / Karl P. Mueller [et al.]

• Superior document: Rand Corporation monograph series
• TeilnehmendeR: Mueller, Karl P.
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Rand Corporation monograph series.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxxi, 311 pages)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

RAND Project AIR FORCE studied the post-9/11 U.S. policy shift toward preemptive and preventive attack. It found that military planners should not expect preparing for such operations to be a key driver for change in U.S. military capabilities.

Table of Contents

Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures and Table; Summary; Acknowledgments; Glossary; Chapter One - Striking First: Preemptive and Preventive Attacks; Introduction; The Doctrine of Preemption and the U.S. National Security Strategy; Preemption and Prevention; Studying Preemptive and Preventive Attack; Chapter Two - The Best Defense? When and Why States Strike First; Introduction; Prevention and Preemption in International Politics; The Costs, Benefits, and Risks of Anticipatory Attack; Chapter Three - Attacking in Self-Defense: Legality and Legitimacy of Striking First

The United States' View of Anticipatory Attack International Law; Legal Use of Force; The Significance of Legality; Legitimacy; Conclusion; Chapter Four - Preemptive and Preventive Strategies in Future U.S. National Security Policy: Prospects and Implications; Striking First: Rhetoric and Reality; Leading Scenarios for U.S. Anticipatory Attack; Political Consequences of Anticipatory Attack; Anticipatory Attack and Future U.S. Defense Planning; Preemptive Attack as a Threat to the United States; The Nexus of Politics and War; Appendix A - U.S. Preventive Attack Cases

U.S. Consideration of Preventive War Against the USSR U.S. Consideration of Preventive Attack Against China; The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962; The Invasion of Grenada, 1983; Appendix B - Israeli Preemptive and Preventive Attack Cases; Introduction; The Sinai Campaign, 1956; The Six-Day War, 1967; The October War, 1973; The Osirak Raid, 1981; Appendix C - Counterterrorist Anticipatory Attack Cases; Introduction; The Israeli Assassination Attempt Against Khaled Mishal,1997; The Tirana Raids, 1998; Hellfire Strike in Yemen, 2002; The Jordanian Crackdown in Ma'an, 2002

Appendix D - NSS Statements on Preemptive and Preventive Attack References