Point of Attack: Preventive War, International Law, and Global Welfare

by John Yoo

Book Overview

The world today is overwhelmed by wars between nations and within nations, wars that have dominated American politics for quite some time. Point of Attack calls for a new understanding of the grounds for war. In this book John Yoo argues that the new threats to international security come not from war between the great powers, but from the internal collapse of states, terrorist groups, the spread of weapons of mass destruction, and destabilizing regional...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199347735
• ISBN13: 9780199347735
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: OUP Us
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"