America's quest for a safer world; preemption of multilateral restraint of terrorism.0761831711 America's quest for Verb 1. quest for - go in search of or hunt for; "pursue a hobby" quest after, go after, pursue look for, search, seek - try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the a safer world; preemption preemption U.S. policy that allowed the first settlers, or squatters, on public land to buy the land they had improved. Since improved land, coveted by speculators, was often priced too high for squatters to buy at auction, temporary preemptive laws allowed them to acquire of multilateral restraint of terrorism. Williams, Maurice J. Univ. Press of America 2005 157 pages $27.00 Paperback E902 Williams (international relations, Eckerd College), who served in national-level posts, describes and analyzes the various tactics and techniques the US is currently using, or could be using, in its war against terrorism. He describes the complexities inherent in America's notions of the Western alliance, security through democratic reform, preemptive pre·emp·tive or pre-emp·tive adj. 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of preemption. 2. Having or granted by the right of preemption. 3. a. control of terrorists and weapons of mass destruction Weapons that are capable of a high order of destruction and/or of being used in such a manner as to destroy large numbers of people. Weapons of mass destruction can be high explosives or nuclear, biological, chemical, and radiological weapons, but exclude the means of transporting or and multilateralism in such issues as military dominance, preventative war, the failure of globalization globalization Process by which the experience of everyday life, marked by the diffusion of commodities and ideas, is becoming standardized around the world. Factors that have contributed to globalization include increasingly sophisticated communications and transportation to produce democratic transformations, non-proliferation, rogue states' weapons programs, the relevance of the UN to US power and in the movement toward a more secure world, and future challenges likely to come from current US foreign policy. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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