preventive war

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A war initiated in the belief that military conflict, while not imminent, is inevitable, and that to delay would involve greater risk.

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No references found			Among the best are Gray's chapters on "the implications of preemptive versus preventive war doctrines," "recognizing and understanding revolutionary changes in warfare," and "irregular warfare and the American way of war. National Security Dilemmas: Challenges and Opportunities by Peifer, Douglas / Joint Force Quarterly Significantly, both men promptly rejected the option of preventive war when it was raised in the early 1950s, vis a vis Russia, and again in 2003, over Iraq. Mutually assured friendship: for half a century, Paul Nitze and ... by Herken, Gregg / Washington Monthly Among the topics are accountability in international development aid, the alleged conflict between democracy and international law, ecological intervention prospects and limits, the moral basis of humanitarian intervention, and the slippery slope to preventive war. Ethics & international affairs; a reader, 3d ed by Reference & Research Book News			Prevenancy Prevene prevenience prevenient prevent prevent defense Preventability preventable preventative preventer Preventer bolts Preventer stay Preventingly prevention prevention of stripping equipment Preventional preventive preventive attack preventive deployment preventive detention preventive diplomacy preventive maintenance preventive medicine Preventive service preventive strike preventive war Preventively preverb preverbal Prévert Prevertebral preview preview monitor preview version Previn previous previous question previous to previously Previousness previse prevision prevocalic prevocational Prévost d'Exiles Prevoyant prevue prewar Prewarn prewash prewashed			preventive orthodontic treatment preventive orthodontic treatment preventive psychiatry preventive psychiatry preventive psychiatry Preventive Psychiatry E-Newsletter Preventive Radiological/Nuclear Detection Preventive Relationship Enhancement Program Preventive Replacement Preventive Resin Restoration preventive screening preventive screening preventive screening preventive screening Preventive service Preventive Service Planning Preventive Services Improvement Initiative Preventive Services Toolkit preventive strike preventive treatment preventive treatment preventive treatment preventive treatment preventive treatment, prophylactic treatment preventive treatment, prophylactic treatment preventive treatment, prophylactic treatment preventive treatment, prophylactic treatment preventive veterinary medicine preventive veterinary medicine preventive veterinary medicine preventive war Preventive/Phased Maintenance Program preventively preventively preventively preventively preventiveness preventiveness preventiveness preventiveness preventives preventives preventives preventives prevents prevents prevents Preveon preverb preverbal Prevert Prévert Prévert Prevert, Jacques Prévert, Jacques Prevertebral Prevertebral prevertebral ganglia Prevertebral ganglion prevertebral plexuses prevertebral plexuses

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