Gamble of War - Is It Possible to Justify Preventive War?

Zusatztext "As Ariel Colonomos shows in this penetrating book! the fog of war is never thicker than when states contemplate preventive force. Mixing astute commentary on history! ethics! political theory and current events! he offers very wise counsel to political leaders contemplating whether to attack before (they think) they will be attacked." -Michael Doyle! author of Striking First and Harold Brown Professor of U.S. Foreign and Security Policy at the School of International and Public Affairs! the Department of Political Science! and the Law School! Columbia University "A brilliant exploration of the vexatious necessity of justifying preventive war when the availability of weapons of mass destruction excludes waiting for an attack to materialize but when uncertainty about the future excludes a 'proportional' response to an attack whose extent is unknown because it has not yet occurred." - Stephen Holmes! Professor of Law and Political Science! New York University Informationen zum Autor Ariel Colonomos is a senior research fellow at the CNRS (National Center for Scientific Recearch) in Paris and a research professor at Sciences Po. Klappentext This book analyzes the justification of preventive war in contemporary asymmetrical international relations. It focuses on the most crucial aspect of prevention: uncertainty. It builds a new framework where the role of luck¿whether military, political, moral, or normative¿is a corrective to the traditional approaches of the just war tradition. Zusammenfassung This book analyzes the justification of preventive war in contemporary asymmetrical international relations. It focuses on the most crucial aspect of prevention: uncertainty. It builds a new framework where the role of luck—whether military, political, moral, or normative—is a corrective to the traditional approaches of the just war tradition. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: New Departures in the Military Arena PART I: ON THE FORMS OF PREVENTIVE WAR Narrating, Explaining, Defining Preventive War A Just War? PART II: WAGING WAR On Temperance Precision as Justification Targeted Killings: Manhunts PART III: MORAL LUCK Good or Bad Fortune Possible Worlds Conclusion: The Gamble on the Best of All Worlds...

Product details

• Authors: A Colonomos, A. Colonomos, Ariel Colonomos
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.01.2016
• EAN: 9781349437276
• ISBN: 978-1-349-43727-6
• No. of pages: 287
• Series: The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy; Sciences Po Series in Internat; The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; B, Peace, Globalization, History: specific events & topics, Conflict Studies, Political Science, International Relations, Warfare & defence, Political science & theory, Political History, World Politics, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Politics and war, Military and Defence Studies, Peace and Conflict Studies, international relations;Just War;prevention