Overview
Offers a discussion of a jus ad bellum standard that spans the entire history of major American wars, from the War of 1812 to the Second Gulf War
Shows that a Necessity Standard needs to be met when arguing to take the US to war
Highlights the military and security policies that one can glean from presidential discussions of war
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Keywords
- US foreign policy
- US security policy
- US diplomacy
- presidential decisions of war
- war and American foreign policy
- justifications for war
- US military action history
- taking America to war
- Necessity Standard
- Justifications of Major US Military Actions
- jus ad bellum standards
- presidential discussions of major wars
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Book Title: War and American Foreign Policy
Book Subtitle: Justifications of Major Military Actions in the US
Authors: David J. Lorenzo
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66695-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-66694-1Published: 09 March 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-66697-2Published: 09 March 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-66695-8Published: 08 March 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 286
Topics: Foreign Policy, Political Science, International Relations, Diplomacy, History of Military