The War Power in an Age of Terrorism: Debating Presidential Power

by David Gray Adler and Michael A. Genovese

Book Overview

This book features a lively debate between two prominent scholars-Michael A. Genovese and David Gray Adler-on the critical issue of whether the Constitution, written in the 18th Century, remains adequate to the national security challenges of our time. The question of the scope of the president's constitutional authority-if any-to initiate war on behalf of the American people, long the subject of heated debate in the corridors of power and the groves...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349958727
• ISBN13: 9781349958726
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 124 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.8" x 8.3"