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Bad advice : Bush's lawyers in the war on terror / Harold H. Bruff.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bruff, Harold H., 1944-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- War and emergency powers--United States--History.
- War and emergency powers.
- Government attorneys.
- History.
- United States.
- Government attorneys--History.
- War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 403 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, [2009]
- Contents:
- The dilemma of the executive adviser
- The president's lawyers in the formative years
- The president's lawyers in the institutional presidency
- The professional responsibility of the president's lawyers
- Competing visions of executive power
- The Bush administration declares war on terrorism
- Surveillance by the National Security Agency
- Indefinite detention of enemy combatants
- Escaping Geneva
- Military trials for war crimes
- Interrogation
- Advice begets action : from OLC to Abu Ghraib
- Better advice.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-395) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780700616435
- 0700616438
- OCLC:
- 318066088
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