The American Preventive Strike Implementation

Résumé: Following the 9/11 attacks on the United States of America, a new american national security strategy was released by President George W. Bush, whereby he articulated a new policy of defense namely "the preventive policy". Many scholars and political analysts believe that this reconditioning is a result of the inability of the Cold War policies of containment and deterrence to face the new emerging kinds of threats such as terrorist organizations and "Rogue States". This new strategy of defense was designed to remove an enemy's capability before it can be used against America, so it is a precautious tactic whereby America attacks first. The outcomes of such a tactic appear through the American success in carrying the war outside its territories to the enemy's territories. However, this military success did not start just after the emergence of the Bush Doctrine; rather it existed as early as the 1890s, the period that marked the formulation of America's foreign policy. The present research then, aims at revising the american history throughout selected early conflicts from the 19th century, and others from the 21st century in order to unveil the secret behind America's policy implementation to come to the conclusion that the preventive strike policy was implemented indirectly, thus it is as old as the American history itself, and it continue to exist till the present day.

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