Eve of Destruction: The Coming Age of Preventive War » (1st Edition)

Thomas M. Nichols is Professor of Strategy and Forrest Sherman Chair of Public Diplomacy at the United States Naval War College. His previous books include The Russian Presidency and Winning the World: Lessons for America's Future from the Cold War.

In an age of new threats to international security, the old rules of war are rapidly being discarded by the great powers. This study explores how and why states will exercise the preventive use of force in the twenty-first century, and how this violence might be contained and controlled.

Preface     ix
A New Age of Prevention     1
Humanitarian Intervention, Sovereignty, and Prevention     14
The End of Deterrence?     40
International Perspectives on Preemption and Prevention     67
After Iraq     99
Governing the New Age of Prevention     116
Afterword Now What?     145
Notes     149
Index     169