Kyle Harrison
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The National Security Strategy of the United States of America (2002)
TL;DR — The September 2002 Bush National Security Strategy, the document that set out preemption and American primacy after 9/11.
The first national security strategy after September 11, 2001. It opens by declaring a “single sustainable model for national success: freedom, democracy, and free enterprise,” and notes that the United States holds “unparalleled military strength.” It is the document most associated with the doctrine of preemptive action.
What it is: a primary policy document. The State Department link in the post is dead; this copy is from the 2009–2017 State Department archive.
Where this came from
- r/obscurePDFs post, March 2019 — “2002 – The National Security Strategy of the United States of America [31 pages]”. Routing record: The obscurePDFs Subreddit
- Link as posted: https://www.state.gov/documents/organization/63562.pdf
- Archived copy (Google Drive): Google Drive
35 pages. A copy is archived locally against link rot; the header links the original source.