Preemption: A Knife that Cuts Both Ways

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Dershowitz, Alan M.
Preemption : a knife that cuts both ways / Alan M. Dershowitz.— 1st ed.
p. cm. — (Issues of our time)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-393-06012-8 (hardcover)
ISBN: 978-0-393-24476-2 (e-book)
1. Violence—Prevention. 2. Preemptive attack (Military science) 3. Pre-emption.
I. Title. II. Series.

HM1116.D47 2006
363.32—dc22

2005027728

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