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100	1		_aRenshon, Jonathan _910657
245	1	0	_aWhy leaders choose war: the psychology of prevention/ _cJonathan Renshon ; foreword by Alexander L. George.
260			_aWestport, Conn. : _bPraeger Security International, _c2006.
300			_axiii, 221 p. ; _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [199]-217) and index.
505	0		_aPreventive 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.
650		0	_aWar _xCauses. _910658
650		0	_aPreemptive attack (Military science) _910659
651		0	_aUnited States _xMilitary policy. _910660
700			_aGeorge, Alexander L. _910661
942			_cWB16 _01