Prevention, Preemption, and the Bush Doctrine

Abstract

With the publication of The National Security Strategy of the United States of America, September 2002, President George W. Bush became the first American president to articulate in official policy the willingness of the United States to engage in preemptive warfare. This Bush Doctrine set off a significant debate among policymakers and moralists as to the nature of preemptive war and whether or not the United States preparations to invade Iraq shortly thereafter were de facto preemptive or preventive.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 30, 2012
Accession Number
AD1018121

Entities

People

  • Timothy A. Butler

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  • Air War College

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  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

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  • Air Force
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  • Christianity
  • Doctrine
  • Ethics
  • Foreign Policy
  • Human Behavior
  • International Law
  • International Relations
  • International Security
  • Law
  • National Security
  • New York
  • North America
  • Religion
  • United States
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Political science

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  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.