TY - BOOK AU - Yoo, Hohn. TI - Point of attack: preventive war, international law, and global welfare SN - 9780199347735 U1 - 341.6 YOO 2014 PY - 2014/// CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - International Humanitarian Law N1 - Contents 1. War and the New Millennium I. War Today II. Force Rules III. Toward a New International System 2. Imperial Versus Humanitarian Wars 3. From Just War to False Peace I. From Ancient to Early Modern Times II. From the Early Modern Period to the Twentieth Century III. Just War Doctrine and Collective Security IV. Conclusion 4. Force Rules 5. Wars of Global Welfare 6. Great Power Security 7. Failed States 8. Conclusion N2 - John Yoo's fascinating and provocative analysis of preventive war will undoubtedly launch slew of its own academic wars By arguing that the existing international system, and especially the United Nations, is essentially incapable of protecting international peace and security Yoo does no more than state the obvious. That alone will be too much for the UN's altar boys and girls, but Yoo goes further, proposing ways to remedy the manifest problems he describes. Among those who read this book, there will be no neutrals ER -