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Autore |
Weinberger Seth Harold <1970-> |
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Titolo |
Restoring the balance : war powers in an age of terror / / Seth Weinberger |
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Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2009 |
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New York : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), , 2024 |
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ISBN |
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979-82-16-00811-8 |
1-282-34158-8 |
9786612341588 |
0-313-36040-5 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (196 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Terrorism - United States |
War and emergency powers - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Upsetting the Balance; 2. The Meaning of the Declare War Clause; 3. The Deployment of the Armed Forces and Initiation of Hostilities; 4. Domestic Warrantless Surveillance by the National Security Agency; 5. The Detention and Trials of Suspected Terrorists; 6. Restoring the Balance; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Since 9/11, one of the most dominant issues in American politics has been: what exactly is a war on terror and who is in charge of it? Previous books on this topic have fallen off the horse on either side: on the right, making military actions under the Bush administration equal to previous declared wars and ceding too much war-making power to the presidency or on the left, requiring congressional approval for any national security steps at all, contradicting much of American historical precedent. Weinberger presents a novel understanding of the Declare War clause of the Constitution (Article |
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