This fourth edition of Putting Psychology in Its Place builds on the previous three in
introducing the history of Psychology and placing the discipline within its historical and …

I define the concept of preventive war, distinguish it from preemption and other sources of
better-now-than-later logic, and examine numerous conceptual issues that confound …

Why do some leaders use preventive military force to destroy another country's nuclear
program, while others do not? Despite nuclear proliferation becoming a growing source of …

Low‐level military operations outside of war are pervasive in the international system. These
activities have been viewed as destabilizing by both academics and policy makers, as …

Great powers and grand strategies. It is easy to assume that the most powerful nations
pursue and employ consistent, cohesive, and decisive policies in trying to promote their …

The Bush Doctrine is dead! At least that's what critics hope. But while new US national
security challenges emerge, many post-9/11 threats still persist and the policies of George …

Preventive war is a state strategy to use military force to forestall an adverse shift in the
distribution of power between two states. It is driven by the perception of a rising adversary …

Developing ideas established in the successful first edition, this new version of America's
War on Terror updates and expands the original collection of essays, allowing the reader to …

Inequality, Identity, and the Politics of Northern Ireland examines how the politics of threat
and resentment, undergirded by persistent poverty and class and gender inequalities across …

How important is presidential personality and leadership style in foreign policy decisions?
To answer this question, Thomas Preston takes readers inside the Bush administration's …