European Views of Preemption in US National Security Strategy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20139868 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gary L Guertner (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2007-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The US Army War College Quarterly Parameters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-1723 • E-ISSN: 0031-1723 |
| Publisher | United States Army War College Press (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.55540/0031-1723.2354 |
| OpenAlex | W2289100274 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 4 |
Strategy of the United States and the 2006 ex- panded version describe the broad strategic goals that have become known as the Bush Doctrine: military primacy, global transformation, preemption, and a willingness to act unilaterally.Europeans, like American critics of the Bush Doctrine, worry about the unfortunate juxtaposition of the unachievable goal of completely ending tyranny throughout the world, the confusion between preemptive war and preventive war, the use of 9/11 as a pretext for unilateralism, and the document's preface declaring, "This is a wartime national security strategy . . .."From the perspective of most Europeans, these overly broad goals are in sharp contrast with the European preference for multilateralism and consensus.These elements of the Bush Doctrine, and their applications in Iraq, have radically altered the extensive post-9/11 sympathy and support for the American response to the threat of terrorism.The focus of this article is on the transatlantic divide over preemption, and it is therefore important to distinguish between the two chapters of the National Security Strategy (NSS) where preemption is discussed.In both the 2002 and the 2006 versions the first reference is in Chapter III, titled, "Strengthen Alliances to Defeat Global Terrorism and Work to Prevent Attacks Against Us (sic) and Our Friends."Both versions of Chapter III focus on global terrorism and terrorists as non-state actors.The 2002
National security · Political science · Preemption · Computer Science · European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies · Law · Military and Defense Studies · Public Administration · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2020 (14) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |