Preemption [electronic resource] : military action and moral justification / edited by Henry Shue and David Rodin.
Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007Description: 1 online resource (vii, 267 p.).ISBN: 9780191716270 (ebook) :; 0191716278 (ebook) :.Subject(s): War -- Moral and ethical aspects | Preemptive attack (Military science) | Security, InternationalAdditional Physical Form: Print version 9780199233137DDC classification: 172.4'2 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: Is a nation ever justified in attacking before it has been attacked? If so, under precisely what conditions? This volume of new, specially commissioned chapters provides the most definitive assessment to date of the justifiability of preemptive or preventive military action.Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Is a nation ever justified in attacking before it has been attacked? If so, under precisely what conditions? This volume of new, specially commissioned chapters provides the most definitive assessment to date of the justifiability of preemptive or preventive military action.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.