{"product_id":"preventive-war-and-american-democracy-scott-silverstone-9780415952309","title":"Preventive War and American Democracy","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume explores the preventive war option in American foreign policy, from the early Cold War strategic problems created by the growth of Soviet and Chinese power, to the post-Cold War fears of a nuclear-armed North Korea, Iraq and Iran. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor several decades after the Second World War, American politicians and citizens shared the belief that a war launched in the absence of a truly imminent threat or in response to another's attack was raw aggression. Preventive war was seen as contrary to the American character and its traditions, a violation of deeply held normative beliefs about the conditions that justify the use of military force. This 'anti-preventive war norm' had a decisive restraining effect on how the US faced the shifting threat in this period. But by the early 1990s the Clinton administration considered the preventive war option against North Korea and the Bush administration launched a preventive war against Iraq without a trace of the anti-preventive war norm that was central to the security ethos of an earlier era. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile avoiding the sharp partisan and ideological tone of much of the recent discussion of preventive war, \u003cem\u003ePreventive War and American Democracy\u003c\/em\u003e explains this change in beliefs and explores its implications for the future of American foreign policy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Scott Silverstone\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415952301\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415952309\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/15\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 262\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.92h x 6.33w x 0.70d","brand":"Scott Silverstone","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48086670868735,"sku":"9780415952309","price":48.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e1a40f73-5b9f-40ce-896f-4a4d7623a491.jpg?v=1769095932","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/preventive-war-and-american-democracy-scott-silverstone-9780415952309","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}