| Description |
x, 326 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Less free -- Preventive law enforcement and intelligence gathering -- Preventive war -- Less safe -- Collateral consequences -- The failure of preventive law enforcement -- The costs of overreaching -- The failure of preventive war -- Lessons of history -- Ticking time bombs and slippery slopes -- An alternative preventive strategy -- Noncoercive strategies -- A preventive foreign policy --Multilateral solutions to a transnational problem -- The rule of law as an asset, not an obstacle -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index. |
| Summary |
In a 2002 speech, President George W. Bush said, "If we wait for threats to fully materialize, we will have waited too long." Bush has no psychic visionaries, but in the war on terrorism his administration has nonetheless adopted a sweeping new "preemptive" strategy, which turns on the ability to predict the future. At home and abroad, the administration has cut corners on fundamental commitments of the rule of law in the name of preventing future attacks. In this critique, two constitutional scholars argue that these sacrifices in the rule of law, adopted in the name of prevention, have in fact made us more susceptible to future terrorist attacks. They debunk the administration's claim that it is winning the war on terror and offer an alternative strategy in which the rule of law is an asset, not an obstacle, in the struggle to keep us both safe and free.--From publisher description. |
| Subject |
Terrorism -- Government policy -- United States.
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War on Terrorism, 2001-2009
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| Added Author |
Lobel, Jules.
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| ISBN |
1595581332 (hc.) |
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9781595581334 (hc.) |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000041212911 |
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NZ1 11209351 |
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