Preventive defense and forcible regime change: A normative assessment

Journal of Military Ethics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 105-128

  Janssen, Dieter ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bush administration; Democracy; International law; John Rawls; Pre emptive strikes; Regime change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84994695906     PISSN: 15027570     EISSN: 15027589     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15027570410006129     Document Type: Article

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