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Point of attack : preventive war, international law, and global welfare / John Yoo.
By: Yoo, John [author.]
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2014Description: 1 online resourceContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780199347742 (ebook) :Subject(s): War (International law) | Aggression (International law) | Intervention (International law) | Humanitarian intervention | Just war doctrine | Security, International | Preemptive attack (Military science)Additional Physical Form: Print version 9780199347735DDC classification: 341.6 LOC classification: KZ6385 | .Y66 2014Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: 'Point of Attack' argues that the time has come to replace the international rules of war. Current law permits nations to resort to force only in self-defence or under UN authority, which perversely allows mass civilian killings, civil wars, weapons proliferation, and terrorism to run rampant. A new approach should allow the great powers to intervene when a war would benefit global welfare more than the costs.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
'Point of Attack' argues that the time has come to replace the international rules of war. Current law permits nations to resort to force only in self-defence or under UN authority, which perversely allows mass civilian killings, civil wars, weapons proliferation, and terrorism to run rampant. A new approach should allow the great powers to intervene when a war would benefit global welfare more than the costs.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 17, 2014).