Eve of Destruction: The Coming Age of Preventive War

by Thomas M. Nichols

Book Overview

In an age of new threats to international security, the old rules of war are rapidly being discarded. The great powers are moving toward norms less restrictive of intervention, preemption, and preventive war. This evolution is taking place not only in the United States but also in many of the world's most powerful nations, including Russia, France, and Japan, among others. As centuries of tradition and law are overturned, will preventive warfare...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812240669
• ISBN13: 9780812240665
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.0"