Renshon, Jonathan <br/><br/>
Why leaders choose war: the psychology of prevention/ 
Jonathan Renshon ; foreword by Alexander L. George. 
 - Westport, Conn. :  Praeger Security International,  2006. 
 - xiii, 221 p. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-217) and index. 
<br/><br/>Preventive war : an introduction -- Preventing what? the Suez Canal crisis -- Israel's preventive strike against Iraq -- How real was "Dr. Strangelove?" American preventive war thinking post-WWII -- To the brink-- India and Pakistan's nuclear standoff -- Preventive war as a grand strategy? George W. Bush and "Operation Iraqi Freedom" -- Conclusion : preventive war in perspective. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0275990850 (alk. paper) 9780275990855 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>War--Causes.<br/>Preemptive attack (Military science)
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Military policy.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>355.0275   / REN/W