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Presidential war power / Louis Fisher.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fisher, Louis, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- War and emergency powers--United States.
- War and emergency powers.
- United States.
- National security--Law and legislation--United States.
- National security.
- National security--Law and legislation.
- United States--Foreign relations--Law and legislation.
- International relations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xx, 355 pages.)
- Edition:
- Third edition, revised.
- Place of Publication:
- Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2013]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- In this new edition of a classic and bestselling work, Louis Fisher, one of our top Constitutional scholars, updates his arguments throughout, critiques the presidential actions of George W. Bush and Barack Obama, and challenges their expansion of executive power. Spanning the life of the Republic from the Revolutionary Era to the War on Terror, the new edition covers for the first time: NSA wiretapping and Fourth Amendment violations, Continued abuse of the state secrets privilege in national security court cases, Secret legal memos justifying the use of drones for targeted killings, Indefinite detention of civilians and non-civilians without trial, President Obama's failed efforts to close Guantánamo, Presidential decision-making relating to the wind-down of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, U.S. military operations against Libya in 2011, Extended comparison of the expansion of executive power under George W. Bush and Barack Obama Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Preface
- Note on citations
- Constitutional Framework:
- British models
- Opposing monarchical powers
- Associated war powers
- Repelling sudden attacks
- Separating purse and sword
- Commander in Chief
- Scholarly analysis
- Precedents From 1789 To 1900:
- Indian wars
- President as "sole organ"
- Whiskey Rebellion
- Quasi-War with France
- Neutrality Act prosecutions
- Little Sarah incident
- Barbary wars
- War of 1812
- Mexican war
- Bombarding Greytown
- Civil war
- Spanish-American war
- America Steps Out: 1900-1945:
- Protecting life and property
- President Wilson's forays
- Intervention in Nicaragua
- World War I
- Curtiss-Wright case
- Legislative constraints in the 1930s
- World War II
- UN Charter And Korea:
- League of Nations
- Creating the UN Charter
- UN Participation Act
- Vandenberg Resolution
- Korean War
- Political repercussions
- Taking Stock: 1951-1964:
- Mutual security treaties
- NATO's legislative history
- Great Debate in 1951
- Steel seizure case
- Eisenhower's philosophy
- Area resolutions
- Kennedy reasserts executive power
- Vietnam And The War Powers Resolution:
- Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
- Was there a second attack?
- Escalation of the war
- Free World forces
- National Commitments Resolution of 1969
- Disputes in the courts
- War Powers Resolution
- Analyzing the WPR
- Efforts to amend the WPR
- Military Initiatives From Ford To Bush I:
- Evacuations from Southeast Asia
- Mayaguez capture
- Desert One rescue effort
- Lebanon
- Invasion of Grenada
- Air strikes against Libya
- Escort operations in the Persian Gulf
- Panama
- Gulf War
- Military Actions By Clinton:
- Launching missiles against Baghdad
- Combat operations in Somalia
- Troops to Haiti
- Air strikes in Bosnia
- Ground troops to Bosnia
- Continued strikes against Iraq
- Afghanistan and Sudan
- War against Yugoslavia.
- George W Bush:
- Preemption Doctrine
- Military tribunals
- Military action in Afghanistan
- War against Iraq
- Making the case for war
- Enlisting legislative support
- Unsubstantiated executive claims
- Voting on the Iraq Resolution
- Military operations in Iraq
- Doctoring intelligence reports
- Barack Obama:
- Closing Guantánamo
- Withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq
- Options in Afghanistan
- Military intervention in Libya
- Invoking the state secrets privilege
- Electronic surveillance
- Military detention without trial
- Targeted killings
- Covert Operations:
- Seeds of secrecy
- Early departures from openness
- Intelligence community
- Statutory controls on the CIA
- Covert action in the open
- Iran-Contra affair
- Congressional reforms
- Actions against terrorism
- Restoring Checks And Balances:
- Contemporary justifications
- Jackson's zone of twilight
- Revisiting war powers
- Consultation
- Forbidden legislative veto?
- Compelling court action
- Statutory restrictions
- Thinking national interest
- Appendices:
- A: Framers' debate on the war power
- B: Constitutional allocation of foreign affairs and the war power
- C: UN Participation Act of 1945
- D: 1949 Amendments to UN Participation Act
- E: War Powers Resolution of 1973
- Suggested readings
- Index of cases
- Subject index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780700619788
- 070061978X
- Publisher Number:
- 99984040253
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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