01235cam a2200217 4500 1261959122 TxAuBib 050928s2006||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2005027728 9780393060126 hardcover 0393060128 hardcover (OCoLC)61757956 DLC DLC BAKER C#P UKM BUR VP@ COO DLC TxAuBib Dershowitz, Alan M. Preemption : a knife that cuts both ways / Alan M. Dershowitz. 1st ed. New York : W.W. Norton, 2006. xii, 348 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-332) and index. A brief history of preemption, prevention, and prediction in the context of individual crime -- Preemptive military action : from surgical strike to all-out war -- Preemption and nonpreemption in the Arab-Israeli conflict : its relevance to U.S. policy -- Preventive measures against terrorism -- Bush Doctrine on preemption, the U.S. attack against Iraq -- Would preemptive action against the Iranian nuclear program be justified? -- Toward a jurisprudence of prevention and preemption.