{"product_id":"confronting-terror-9-11-and-the-future-of-american-national-security-hardcover","title":"Confronting Terror: 9\/11 and the Future of American National Security - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDean Reuter\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn Yoo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter the September 11, 2001 attacks, the United States went to war. With thousands of Americans killed, billions of dollars in damage, and aggressive military and security measures in response, we are still living with the war a decade later. A change of presidential administration has not dulled controversy over the most fundamental objectives, strategies, and tactics of the war, or whether it is even a war at all. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eConfronting Terror\u003c\/i\u003e sets the stage for a reasoned and robust discussion of the future with a collection of new essays examining the meaning of 9\/11 and the law and policy of the war on terrorism. The contributors include principled supporters and critics of the war on terrorism alike, from former Attorneys General John Ashcroft and Michael Mukasey to Alan Dershowitz and former long-time president of the ACLU Nadine Strossen. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eConfronting Terror\u003c\/i\u003e presents stark differences of opinion on issues, such as the president's authority to detain, the assertion of state secrets, the limits of surveillance, the use of unmanned drones and targeted killing, the treatment and interrogation of detainees, the Patriot Act, and the peculiar nature of our foe. More surprising, perhaps, are the areas of agreement, particularly the fact that the policies of two very different presidents are remarkably the same. In surveying these views, Yoo and Reuter hope to clarify the debate, both for our society and for those responsible for waging the war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eContributors include John D. Ashcroft, Bob Barr, Michael Chertoff, Alan Dershowitz, Viet D. Dinh, Richard Epstein, Victor Davis Hanson, Arthur Herman, Charles Kesler, Andrew C. McCarthy, Edwin Meese III, Michael B. Mukasey, Theodore B. Olson, A. Raymond Randolph, Dean Reuter, Anthony D. Romero, Paul Rosenzweig, Laurence Silberman, Nadine Strossen, Marc Thiessen, Jonathan Turley, and John C. Yoo.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter the September 11, 2001 attacks, the United States went to war. With thousands of Americans killed, billions of dollars in damage, and aggressive military and security measures in response, we are still living with the war a decade later. A change of presidential administration has not dulled controversy over the most fundamental objectives, strategies, and tactics of the war, or whether it is even a war at all. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eConfronting Terror sets the stage for a reasoned and robust discussion of the future with a collection of new essays examining the meaning of 9\/11 and the law and policy of the war on terrorism. The contributors include principled supporters and critics of the war on terrorism alike, from former Attorneys General John Ashcroft and Michael Mukasey to Alan Dershowitz and former long-time president of the ACLU Nadine Strossen. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eConfronting Terror presents stark differences of opinion on issues, such as the president's authority to detain, the assertion of state secrets, the limits of surveillance, the use of unmanned drones and targeted killing, the treatment and interrogation of detainees, the Patriot Act, and the peculiar nature of our foe. More surprising, perhaps, are the areas of agreement, particularly the fact that the policies of two very different presidents are remarkably the same. In surveying these views, Yoo and Reuter hope to clarify the debate, both for our society and for those responsible for waging the war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eContributors include John D. Ashcroft, Bob Barr, Michael Chertoff, Alan Dershowitz, Viet D. Dinh, Richard Epstein, Victor Davis Hanson, Arthur Herman, Charles Kesler, Andrew C. McCarthy, Edwin Meese III, Michael B. Mukasey, Theodore B. Olson, A. Raymond Randolph, Dean Reuter, Anthony D. Romero, Paul Rosenzweig, Laurence Silberman, Nadine Strossen, Marc Thiessen, Jonathan Turley, and John C. Yoo.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDean Reuter is a senior staff member of the Federalist Society, the premier conservative\/libertarian legal group in the country. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJohn Yoo is law professor at the University of California, Berkeley, a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, and a former Bush Justice Department official. He is most recently the author of \u003ci\u003eCrisis and Command: A History of Executive Power\u003c\/i\u003e (2010). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 30, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42156620087431,"sku":"9781594035623","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/8c22b2e7e64a43634958c6c80c672a7e.webp?v=1733244981","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/confronting-terror-9-11-and-the-future-of-american-national-security-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}