LEADER 02674nam 22005774a 450 001 9910455403703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-34158-8 010 $a9786612341588 010 $a0-313-36040-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000799113 035 $a(EBL)495255 035 $a(OCoLC)646843118 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000308279 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11260627 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000308279 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10250586 035 $a(PQKB)11588434 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC495255 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL495255 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10342103 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL234158 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000799113 100 $a20090507d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRestoring the balance$b[electronic resource] $ewar powers in an age of terror /$fSeth Weinberger 210 $aSanta Barbara, Calif. $cABC-CLIO$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (196 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-313-36039-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [165]-172) and index. 327 $aCover; 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 330 $aSince 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 606 $aWar and emergency powers$zUnited States 606 $aTerrorism$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWar and emergency powers 615 0$aTerrorism 676 $a342.73/062 700 $aWeinberger$b Seth Harold$f1970-$0980355 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455403703321 996 $aRestoring the balance$92236443 997 $aUNINA