Title Why containment works : power, proliferation, and preventive war / Wallace J. Thies.

Publication Info.	Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2020.
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Description	1 online resource.
	text file
Series	Cornell studies in security affairs
	Cornell studies in security affairs.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Preventive war and containment -- Containing Qaddafi's Libya -- Dual containment of Iraq and Iran -- Containing Iraq -- Invading Iraq -- Containing Iran -- Containment re-Appraised.
Summary	"This book argues that the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003 was unnecessary. Saddam Hussein's murderous tendencies all but destroyed Iraq's ability to strike the West, especially the U.S"-- Provided by publisher.
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Subject	Balance of power.
	Balance of power.
	Deterrence (Strategy)
	Deterrence (Strategy)
	United States -- Foreign relations -- Philosophy.
	United States.
	International relations.
	Libya -- Foreign relations -- United States.
	Libya.
	Iraq -- Foreign relations -- United States.
	Philosophy.
	Iran -- Foreign relations -- United States.
	Iraq.
	Iran.
	POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International)
	Diplomatic relations.
	Diplomatic relations -- Philosophy.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Thies, Wallace J.. Why containment works Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2020. 9781501749483 (DLC) 2020022151
ISBN	9781501749490 electronic book
	1501749501 electronic book
	1501749498 electronic book
	9781501749506 electronic book
	9781501749483 hardcover
	150174948X hardcover