Restoring the balance : war powers in an age of terror / / Seth Weinberger

• Autore: Weinberger Seth Harold <1970->
• Pubblicazione: Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2009; New York : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), , 2024
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (196 p.)
• Disciplina: 342.73/062
• Soggetto topico: Terrorism - United States; War and emergency powers - United States
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Restoring the balance
• ISBN: 979-82-16-00811-8; 1-282-34158-8; 9786612341588; 0-313-36040-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910820214803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II