A preemptive war is a war that is commenced in an attempt to repel or defeat a perceived imminent offensive or invasion, or to gain a strategic advantage...

legal questions surrounding the launching of the war against Iraq and the Bush Doctrine of preemptive war in general. On 16 September 2004, Kofi Annan, the...

chance to shift in the favor of the targeted party. Preventive war is distinct from preemptive strike, which is the first strike when an attack is imminent...

merits of preemptive war. Many in the West also seriously discussed the idea of preventive and preemptive war. Truman rejected preventive war, stating...

casualties from the Iraq War (beginning with the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and the ensuing occupation and insurgency and civil war) have come in several forms...

Lebensraum, Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union, using the casus belli of preemptive war to justify the act of aggression.[citation needed] Many historians have...

reaffirmed by the Nuremberg Tribunal after World War II, which said that the necessity for preemptive self-defense must be "instant, overwhelming, and...

al-Qaeda and the Islamic State in various countries. The Bush Doctrine of preemptive war saw the U.S. invade Afghanistan in 2001 and Iraq in 2003. In addition...

In nuclear strategy, a first strike or preemptive strike is a preemptive surprise attack employing overwhelming force. First strike capability is a country's...

adviser to George W. Bush and helped formulate the Bush Doctrine of preemptive war. He served on the Global Commission on Drug Policy, California Governor...

the Italian philosopher, has also offered a critique of the logic of preemptive war. Others did accept a limited right for military intervention in foreign...

of a strategy of tension to justify political repression at home and preemptive war abroad, they have become convinced that a more catastrophic terrorist...

launch a "preemptive war" against Italy if Germany invaded Poland. Paul warned if Germany conquered Poland, Italy would sooner or later enter the war, and...

United States, George W. Bush. These principles include unilateralism, preemptive war, and regime change. Charles Krauthammer first used the phrase in June...

The Iraqi civil war was an armed conflict from 2006 to 2008 between various sectarian Shia and Sunni armed groups, such as the Islamic State of Iraq and...

The War in Iraq was an armed conflict between Iraq and its allies and the Islamic State. Following December 2013, the insurgency escalated into full-scale...

intentions into practice. Ben Gurion therefore attempted to provoke a preemptive war with Egypt. From December 1955 to February 1956 the Egyptians clamped...

process without its cooperation in order to perform another task Preemptive war or preemptive strike Traffic signal preemption This disambiguation page lists...

A Preemptive strike refers to a surprise attack launched with the stated intention of countering an anticipated enemy offensive. Preemptive strike may...

hanging. The organization also said Saddam should be treated as a prisoner of war under the Geneva Conventions. Lawyers for Saddam called the trial "a flagrant...

"pose a grave and growing danger". Bush suggested the possibility of preemptive war: "I will not wait on events, while dangers gather. I will not stand...

War by the United States and the United Kingdom, the two largest non-Iraqi participants of the multinational force in Iraq. The costs of the Iraq War...

India joined the war on 3 December 1971, after Pakistan launched preemptive air strikes on northern India. The subsequent Indo-Pakistani War involved fighting...

Some in the German military clamored for a preemptive war with Russia; Bismarck refused, stating: "Preemptive war is like committing suicide for fear of death...

defense is a good offense, and I intend to start offending right now." Preemptive war Shock and awe Deterrence theory "Founders Online: From George Washington...

of hostilities. Continuity of government Designated survivor Preemptive war Preventive war Samson Option Targeted killing List of military strategies and...

zone, Israel launched a series of preemptive airstrikes against Egyptian airfields and other facilities, launching its war effort. Egyptian forces were caught...

First strike most commonly refers to: First strike (nuclear strategy) Preemptive war First strike may also refer to: First Strike (1979 film), a United States...

may force an actor to begin a preemptive war, or the threat of being attacked may cause an actor to start a preventive war. Indivisibility of a good: if...

Iraqi Nuclear Reactor". Radical Responses to Radical Regimes: Evaluating Preemptive Counter-Proliferation. McNair Paper. National Defense University Library...