Preemption : military action and moral justification / edited by Henry Shue and David Rodin.

First published 2007, paperback edition 2010.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Henry Shue and David Rodin -- Preemption and prevention in historical perspective / Hew Strachan -- Preventive war and US foreign policy / Marc Trachtenberg -- On getting one's retaliation in first / Suzanne Uniacke -- The false promise of preventive war : the 'new security consensus' and a more insecure world / Neta C. Crawford -- Justifying preventive war / Allen Buchanan -- The problem with prevention / David Rodin -- Preventive war and human rights / David Luban -- Preventive war : what is it good for? / Walter Sinnott-Armstrong -- What would a justified preventive military attack look like? / Henry Shue.