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3. JFK and LBJ Confront China’s Nuclear Program

  • Rachel Elizabeth Whitlark
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© 2021 Cornell University Press, Ithaca

© 2021 Cornell University Press, Ithaca

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. 1. When Leaders Use Preventive Military Force 1
  5. 2. Explaining Preventive War as a Counterproliferation Strategy 14
  6. 3. JFK and LBJ Confront China’s Nuclear Program 41
  7. 4. Presidents 41 and 42 Engage North Korea’s Nuclear Program 85
  8. 5. Three US Presidents Tangle with Iraq’s Nuclear Program 119
  9. 6. Israel’s Preventive War Decision Making 154
  10. 7. Conclusions and Implications 186
  11. Notes 197
  12. References 233
  13. Index 251
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501760365-004

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. 1. When Leaders Use Preventive Military Force 1
  5. 2. Explaining Preventive War as a Counterproliferation Strategy 14
  6. 3. JFK and LBJ Confront China’s Nuclear Program 41
  7. 4. Presidents 41 and 42 Engage North Korea’s Nuclear Program 85
  8. 5. Three US Presidents Tangle with Iraq’s Nuclear Program 119
  9. 6. Israel’s Preventive War Decision Making 154
  10. 7. Conclusions and Implications 186
  11. Notes 197
  12. References 233
  13. Index 251
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