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Reflections on war and peace and the constitution /

0739193279

9780739193273

0739193287 (electronic)

9780739193280 (electronic)

b414003

Reflections on war and peace and the constitution /

[Book]

George Anastaplo

ix, 372 pages ;

24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

War and peace in the Bible -- Who were the Greeks - and why do they matter? -- Sedition in wartime: Thersites and the Trojan War -- Justice and nobility: the problem of Antigone -- War and peace and Socratic constitutionalism -- On law for and among peoples -- On the projection of force to the other side of the world -- Victory, defeat, and national morale -- William Shakespeare and the uncomfortable facts of war -- War and peace and the Declaration of Independence -- The war power and the Constitution -- The organic laws of the United States -- On deliberation and war -- The separation of powers -- The risks and rewards of civil war -- The Dreyfus Affair and the war power -- The Great War - a monumental folly -- Woodrow Wilson and his Fourteen Points -- On the defense of the allied policy for bombing German cities (1944-1945) -- The presidency, especially in time of war -- Congress, the president and the Constitution in wartime -- September Eleventh: on diagnosing an addiction -- The prospects and perils of homeland security -- Freedom of speech in "wartime" -- Fearfulness and the search for an elusive "security" -- Philosophy and the prospects at death -- Appendix A: the Declaration of Independence (1776) -- Appendix B: the United States Constitution (1878) -- Appendix C: the amendments to the United States Constitution (1791-1992) -- Appendix D: glory! glory! hallelujah! -- Appendix E: are you listening? -- Appendix F: I can't figure it out to this day

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Constitutional law-- United States

Law-- Philosophy

Peace-- History

War and emergency powers-- United States

War-- History

Anastaplo, George,1925-2014

Brudno, Simcha,1924-2006

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