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preemptive war: a standalone construct

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Security studies

war begun to strike first against an attack believed to be imminent, distinct from preventive war and found by Reiter to be rare.

In security studies, preemptive war refers to war begun to strike first against an attack believed to be imminent, distinct from preventive war and found by Reiter to be rare. This meaning comes from Reiter (1995) in International Security.[1]

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attack4 fields · 10 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs preventive war1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct security3 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs

References

Reiter, D. (1995). Exploding the Powder Keg Myth: Preemptive Wars Almost Never Happen. International Security, 20(2), 5. https://doi.org/10.2307/2539227

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