Preemption
A Knife That Cuts Both Ways
By Alan M. Dershowitz
(W. W. Norton & Company, Hardcover, 9780393060126, 348pp.)
Publication Date: February 2006
Categories: Political Freedom & Security - International Secur, Civil Rights
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Description
In this latest title in the Issues of Our Time series, Dershowitz offers an incisive, prophetic look at the increasing reliance on preemptive action, exploring the historical origins of the change as well as its troubling implication for civil liberties, human rights, criminal justice, national security, and foreign policy.











