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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-217) and index.
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.