Accession Number:

ADA288848

Title:

Toward A Doctrine of Constraint: Bridging the Gap Between Self-Defense and Retaliation.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. for 1994,

Corporate Author:

NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI CENTER FOR NAVAL WARFARE STUDIES

Personal Author(s):

• Hayes, Bradd C.

Report Date:

1994-08-01

Pagination or Media Count:

26.0

Abstract:

This memorandum discusses the potentially dangerous tendency of the United States to justify its unilateral military actions using self-defense arguments. The paper argues that a new international doctrine should be adopted which recognizes the use of force to combat such threats to international peace and security as state-sponsored terrorism and rogue nations.

Descriptors:

• *FOREIGN POLICY
• *MILITARY DOCTRINE
• *INTERVENTION
• UNITED STATES
• PEACETIME
• THREATS
• NAVAL WARFARE
• INTERNATIONAL
• INTERNATIONAL LAW
• COLLECTIVE PROTECTION

Subject Categories:

• Government and Political Science
• Defense Systems
• Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE