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Legislating the War on Terror

Author : Benjamin Wittes
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2010-02-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780815704171

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Legislating the War on Terror by Benjamin Wittes Pdf

A Brookings Institution Press and the Hoover Institution and the Georgetown Center on National Security and the Law publication The events of September 11 and subsequent American actions irrevocably changed the political, military, and legal landscapes of U.S. national security. Predictably, many of the changes were controversial, and abuses were revealed. The United States needs a legal framework that reflects these new realities. Legislating the War on Terror presents an agenda for reforming the statutory law governing this new battle, balancing the need for security, the rule of law, and the constitutional rights that protect American freedom. The authors span a considerable swath of the political spectrum, but they all believe that Congress has a significant role to play in shaping the contours of America's confrontation with terrorism. Their essays are organized around the major tools that the United States has deployed against al Qaeda as well as the legal problems that have arisen as a result. • Mark Gitenstein compares U.S. and foreign legal standards for detention, interrogation, and surveillance. • Matthew Waxman studies possible strategic purposes for detaining people without charging them, while Jack Goldsmith imagines a system of judicially reviewed law-of-war detention. • Robert Chesney suggests ways to refine U.S. criminal law into a more powerful instrument against terrorism. • Robert Litt and Wells C. Bennett suggest the creation of a specialized bar of defense lawyers for trying accused terrorists in criminal courts. • David Martin explores the relationship between immigration law and counterterrorism. • David Kris lays out his proposals for modernizing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. • Justin Florence and Matthew Gerke outline possible reforms of civil justice procedures in national security litigation. • Benjamin Wittes and Stuart Taylor Jr. investigate ways to improve interrogation laws while clarifying the definition and limits of torture. • Kenneth Anderson argues for the protection of

Why We're Losing the War on Terror

Author : Paul Rogers
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780745645629

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Why We're Losing the War on Terror by Paul Rogers Pdf

The war on terror is a lost cause. As the war heads towards its second decade, American security policy is in disarray – the Iraq War is a disaster, Afghanistan is deeply insecure and the al-Qaida movement remains as potent as ever with new generations of leaders coming to the fore. Well over 100,000 civilians have died in Iraq and Afghanistan, many tens of thousands have been detained without trial, and torture, prisoner abuse and rendition have sullied the reputation of the United States and its coalition partners. Why We’re Losing the War on Terror examines the reasons for the failure, focusing on American political and military attitudes, the impact of 9/11, the fallacy of a New American Century, the role of oil and, above all, the consummate failure to go beyond a narrow western view of the world. More significantly, it argues that the disaster of the war may have a huge if unexpected bonus. Its very failure will make it possible to completely re-think western attitudes to global security, moving towards a sustainable policy that will be much more effective in addressing the real threats to global security – the widening socio-economic divide and climate change.

Writing the War on Terrorism

Author : Richard Jackson
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2005-07-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0719071216

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Writing the War on Terrorism by Richard Jackson Pdf

This book examines the language of the war on terrorism and is essential reading for anyone wanting to understand how the Bush administration's approach to counter-terrorism became the dominant policy paradigm in American politics today.

Trapped in the War on Terror

Author : Ian Lustick
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2006-09-06
Category : History
ISBN : 0812239830

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Trapped in the War on Terror by Ian Lustick Pdf

"Ian Lustick has written a brave, forceful, and very valuable book. I wish that every politician promising to 'defend' America would read what he has to say. Failing that, the voters should."—James Fallows, National Correspondent, The Atlantic Monthly

Human Rights in the 'War on Terror'

Author : Richard Wilson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2005-10-03
Category : Law
ISBN : 0521853192

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Human Rights in the 'War on Terror' by Richard Wilson Pdf

This book reviews the war on terror since 9/11 from a human rights perspective.

Monsters to Destroy

Author : Navin A. Bapat
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190061470

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Monsters to Destroy by Navin A. Bapat Pdf

Terrorism kills far fewer Americans annually than automobile accidents, firearms, or even lightning strikes. Given this minimal risk, why does the U.S. continue expending lives and treasure to fight the global war on terror? In Monsters to Destroy, Navin A. Bapat argues that the war on terror provides the U.S. a cover for its efforts to expand and preserve American control over global energy markets. To gain dominance over these markets, the U.S. offered protection to states critical in the extraction, sale, and transportation of energy from their "terrorist" internal and external enemies. However, since the U.S. was willing to protect these states in perpetuity, the leaders of these regimes had no incentive to disarm their terrorists. This inaction allowed terrorists to transition into more powerful and virulent insurgencies, leading the protected states to chart their own courses and ultimately break with U.S. foreign policy objectives. Bapat provides a sweeping look at how the loss of influence over these states has accelerated the decline of U.S. economic and military power, locking it into a permanent war for its own economic security.

Risk and the War on Terror

Author : Louise Amoore,Marieke de Goede
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2008-06-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134068364

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Risk and the War on Terror by Louise Amoore,Marieke de Goede Pdf

Written by leading scholars in the field, this book offers the first comprehensive and critical investigation of the specific modes of risk calculation that are emerging in the so-called war on terror.

A War on Terror

Author : Paul Rogers
Publisher : Pluto Press (UK)
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2004-01-20
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015058150387

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A War on Terror by Paul Rogers Pdf

Radical critique of the 'war on terror' by leading media commentator and peace scholar.

Normative Transformation and the War on Terrorism

Author : Simon Frankel Pratt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2022-01-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781316515174

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Normative Transformation and the War on Terrorism by Simon Frankel Pratt Pdf

Sociological analysis of the transformation of prohibitions on assassination, torture, and mercenaries as components of the US War on Terror.

Beyond Human Rights and the War on Terror

Author : Satvinder S. Juss
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-26
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781351006040

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Beyond Human Rights and the War on Terror by Satvinder S. Juss Pdf

This edited collection provides a comprehensive, insightful, and detailed study of a vital area of public policy debate as it is currently occurring in countries across the world from India to South Africa and the United Kingdom to Australia. Bringing together academics and experts from a variety of jurisdictions, it reflects upon the impact on human rights of the application of more than a decade of the "War on Terror" as enunciated soon after 9/11. The volume identifies and critically examines the principal and enduring resonances of the concept of the "War on Terror". The examination covers not only the obvious impacts but also the more insidious and enduring changes within domestic laws. The rationale for this collection is therefore not just to plot how the "War on Terror" has operated within the folds of the cloak of liberal democracy, but how they render that cloak ragged, especially in the sight of those sections of society who pay the heaviest price in terms of their human rights. This book engages with the public policy strand of the last decade that has arguably most shaped perceptions of human rights and engendered debates about their worth and meaning. It will be of interest to researchers, academics, practitioners, and students in the fields of human rights law, criminal justice, criminology, politics, and international studies.

Security and the War on Terror

Author : Alex J. Bellamy,Roland Bleiker,Sara E. Davies,Richard Devetak
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2007-11-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134205424

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Security and the War on Terror by Alex J. Bellamy,Roland Bleiker,Sara E. Davies,Richard Devetak Pdf

The terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 marked a turning point in international politics, representing a new type of threat that could not easily be anticipated or prevented through state-based structures of security alone. Opening up interdisciplinary conversations between strategic, economic, ethical and legal approaches to global terrorism, this edited book recognises a fundamental issue: while major crises initially tend to reinforce old thinking and behavioural patterns, they also allow societies to challenge and overcome entrenched habits, thereby creating the foundations for a new and perhaps more peaceful future. This volume addresses the issues that are at stake in this dual process of political closure, and therefore rethinks how states can respond to terrorist threats. The contributors range from leading conceptual theorists to policy-oriented analysts, from senior academics to junior researchers. The book explores how terrorism has had a profound impact on how security is being understood and implemented, and uses a range of hitherto neglected sources of insight, such as those between political, economic, legal and ethical factors, to examine the nature and meaning of security in a rapidly changing world.

Assessing the War on Terror

Author : Mohammed Ayoob,Etga Ugur
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Pub
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1588269787

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Assessing the War on Terror by Mohammed Ayoob,Etga Ugur Pdf

Was the US-led war on terror, especially the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, a necessary response to the September 11 terrorist attacks? What did the two invasions accomplish? How have the fortunes of al-Qaeda and like-minded organizations been affected? The authors of this important contribution to ongoing debates address these questions as they assess the impact and implications of the war on terror for the Middle East, for Europe, and for the United States itself.

Special Forces in the War on Terror

Author : Leigh Neville
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472813510

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Special Forces in the War on Terror by Leigh Neville Pdf

A fascinating insight into US and Coalition Special Forces operating in Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia and Mali. Within weeks of 9/11, United States Special Operations Forces were dropping into Afghanistan to lead the war against Al Qaeda and the Taliban. For over a decade, special forces have been fighting a hidden war in Iraq, Pakistan, Syria, Somalia, Mali and Afghanistan, facing off against a range of insurgents from organisations like al Qaeda, al Shabaab, Boko Haram and the Taliban. Leigh Neville draws on recently declassified material and first-hand-accounts from his SOF contacts to lift the veil of secrecy from these operations, giving an unprecedented blow-by-blow description of major Special Forces operations, culminating in SEAL Team 6's Operation Neptune Spear and the killing of Osama bin Laden. Detailing the special equipment, tactics, machinery and training that these Special Operatives received and used this impressive volume shows how the world's elite soldiers fought against overwhelming odds around the world.

War on Terror, Inc.

Author : Solomon Hughes
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781786635655

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War on Terror, Inc. by Solomon Hughes Pdf

War has always made people rich: from high-tech weaponry to construction and catering, war is a commercial bonanza. But as Solomon Hughes shows in this wide-ranging chronicle, the many incarnations of the War on Terror have dramatically extended the role of private enterprise, bringing market forces and market thinking to bear on areas of public policy that were once the sole preserve and responsibility of politicians and the state. There will always be a private company willing to pitch for this fabulously lucrative business, whether supplying the additional soldiery which made the invasion of Iraq seem possible, or creating databases of people deemed to be a threat to national security. Surveying the activities of private contractors in the provision of frontline mercenaries, security services guarding key installations and VIPs, prisons and law enforcement, media management, and intelligence-gathering at home and abroad, Hughes demonstrated that the private sector and its army of lobbyists and salesmen are continuously lowering the practical and moral barriers to interventions of every kind, from torture and imprisonment without trial, to blanket surveillance of the civilian population, and to outright war. Meanwhile the state is evermore evasive when it comes to taking responsibility for the practices it authorizes via agreements drawn up under a veil of ‘commercial privacy,’ and remains as inept as it has ever been at procuring efficiency and value for money from its contracts. Who is behind companies that reap the dividend of the War on Terror, eagerly plugging the gap between what politicians would like to do – and frequently claim they can and must do – and what is actually possible? How close are they to our political decision-makers? Do they actually deliver what they are contracted to deliver? And at what moral and financial price? Hughes catalogs the appalling record of private contractors doing our governments’ dirtiest work, and asks how we can possibly justify delivering into commercial hands those area of public life which, above all others, demand the very highest standards of scrupulousness and integrity.

Detained

Author : Daniel Livermore
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780773555099

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Detained by Daniel Livermore Pdf

How Canadians were targeted after 9/11 in the US-led War on Terror.