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"An authoritative book. Goes to the heart of whether the Constitution still has a controlling influence on our national life." NYT Book Reviews
University Press of Kansas
April 2004
304 pages
ISBN: 0700613331
Hardcover
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A classic and bestselling work by one of our top
Constitutional scholars, Presidential War Power garnered
the lead review in the New York Times Book Review and
raised essential issues that have only become more timely,
relevant, and controversial since its initial publication
nearly a decade ago. In this new edition, Louis Fisher updates his arguments
throughout, critiques the presidential actions of William
Clinton and George W. Bush, and challenges their dangerous
expansion of executive power. Spanning the life of the
Republic from the Revolutionary Era to the nation's post-
9/11 wars, the new edition now covers: * New military initiatives including the Use of Force Act,
the Iraq Resolution of 2002, George W. Bush's
new "preemption doctrine," and his order authorizing
military tribunals. * President Clinton's overt and covert military actions in
Bosnia and against Yugoslavia, Iraq, Afghanistan and Osama
bin Laden. * George H. W. Bush's reasons for not pushing on to Baghdad
to overthrow Saddham Hussein after DESERT STORM. * Numerous Congressional initiatives, including a 1995
effort to amend the War Powers Resolution and a proposed
1998 amendment to use the power of the purse to limit
presidential military initiatives. * The 1998 CIA "whistle-blowing" statute. * New sections on the Vandenberg Resolution of 1948,
the "Little Sarah" incident of 1793, and early apparent
precedents that did not make the President the "sole organ"
of foreign affairs. * New material on letters of marque and reprisal, the law
of nations, presidential "fame," and the contributions of
Joseph Story.
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