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A Knife That Cuts Both Ways
W. W. Norton
February 2006
192 pages
ISBN: 0393060128
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
An incisive, prophetic look at our increasing reliance on
preemptive action�from profiling to preventive
war.
Every so often, a startling book emerges
that gives voice to a new or previously unexamined trend
that is transforming society. Alan M. Dershowitz's
provocative new work, Preemption, is just such a
book, chronicling a paradigm shift in our approach to
controlling destructive conduct. As he reveals, we are
moving�whether in society's manner of fighting crime or in
our response to terrorism�toward more preventive and
proactive approaches and away from primary reliance on
deterrent and reactive responses. Although the events of
9/11 have accelerated this revolutionary shift, Dershowitz
compellingly documents that the seeds were planted much
earlier. In this thought-provoking account, Dershowitz
explores the historical origins of the change as well as its
troubling implication for civil liberties, human rights,
criminal justice, national security, and foreign
policy.
About the series: Issues of Our Time:
"Aware of the competition for the attention of readers, W.
W. Norton & Company and I have created the "Issues of
Our Time" as a lucid series of highly readable books through
which some of today's most thoughtful intellectuals seek to
challenge the general reader to reexamine received truths
and grapple with powerful trends that are shaping the world
in which we live. The series launches with Anthony Appiah,
Alan Dershowitz, and Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen as the first
of an illustrious group who will tackle some of the most
plangent and central issues defining our society today
through books that deal with such issues as sexual and
racial identities, the economics of the developing world,
and the concept of citizenship in a truly globalized
twenty-first-century world culture. Above all else, these
books are designed to be read and enjoyed."�Henry Louis
Gates Jr., W. E. B. DuBois Professor of the Humanities,
Harvard University
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