Striking First: Preemptive and Preventive Attack in U.S. National Security PolicyRAND Project AIR FORCE studied the post-9/11 shift in U.S. defense policy emphasis toward preemptive and preventive attack, asking under what conditions preemptive or preventive attack is worth considering as a response to perceived threats. It considered the role such first-strike strategies are likely to play in future U.S. national security policy. Finally, it identified implications these conclusions have for military planners and policymakers as they prepare to deal with national security threats in the next decade. |
Contents
APPENDIX D | 3 |
Studying Preemptive and Preventive Attack | 15 |
The Costs Benefits and Risks of Anticipatory Attack | 32 |
The Certainty of the Threat | 36 |
CHAPTER THREE | 43 |
Legal Use of Force | 50 |
The Significance of Legality | 71 |
Legitimacy | 86 |
APPENDIX | 121 |
U S Consideration of Preventive Attack Against China | 152 |
The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 | 171 |
The Invasion of Grenada 1983 | 183 |
APPENDIX | 189 |
The SixDay War 1967 | 198 |
The October War 1973 | 206 |
APPENDIX C | 219 |
Rhetoric and Reality | 92 |
Leading Scenarios for U S Anticipatory Attack | 99 |
Anticipatory Attack and Future U S Defense Planning | 107 |
The Importance of Operational Preemption | 114 |
The Tirana Raids 1998 | 240 |
The Jordanian Crackdown in Maan 2002 | 256 |
NSS Statements on Preemptive and Preventive Attack | 267 |
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