Striking First: Preemptive and Preventive Attack in U.S. National Security Policy (Rand Corporation Monograph) - Softcover

Mueller, Karl P.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0833038818 ISBN 13: 9780833038814

Publisher: RAND Corporation, 2006

Synopsis

RAND Project AIR FORCE studied the post-9/11 shift in US defense policy emphasis toward preemptive and preventive attack, asking under what conditions preemptive or preventive attack is worth considering as a response to perceived threats. It considered the role such first-strike strategies are likely to play in future US national security policy.

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Synopsis:

RAND Project AIR FORCE studied the post-9/11 shift in U.S. defense policy emphasis toward preemptive and preventive attack, asking under what conditions preemptive or preventive attack is worth considering as a response to perceived threats. It considered the role such first-strike strategies are likely to play in future U.S. national security policy. Finally, it identified implications these conclusions have for military planners and policymakers as they prepare to deal with national security threats in the next decade.

About the Author:

FORREST E. MORGAN is a policy analyst for the RAND Corporation. A recently retired Air Force officer, he has held such jobs as commander of a space operations detachment, staff officer at Headquarters Air Force Space Command and Headquarters United States Air Force. He is a graduate of the Air Force's prestigious strategy school, the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies and, after earning a doctorate in policy studies from the University of Maryland, College Park, returned to the SAASS as a member of the faculty.

About this edition

• Publisher: RAND Corporation
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0833038818
• ISBN 13: 9780833038814
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 344