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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 of academe, has become an issue of surpassing importance for a nation confronted by existential threats in an Age of Terrorism. This question should be thoroughly reviewed and debated by members of Congress, and considered by all Americans before they are asked to go to war. If the constitutional allocation of powers on matters of war and peace is outdated, what changes should be made? Is there a need to increase presidential power? What role should Congress play in the war on terror?
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 of academe, has become an issue of surpassing importance for a nation confronted by existential threats in an Age of Terrorism. This question should be thoroughly reviewed and debated by members of Congress, and considered by all Americans before they are asked to go to war. If the constitutional allocation of powers on matters of war and peace is outdated, what changes should be made? Is there a need to increase presidential power? What role should Congress play in the war on terror?
War and American Democracy .- Prescriptions for a New Age .- The Relevance of the War Clause .- Prescriptions for Protecting Constitutional Design for War.
Michael A. Genovese is Associate Professor of Political Science,
and President, World Policy Institute, Loyola Marymount University,
USA. He has written over forty books, including Leadership Matters
(2012, with Thomas E. Cronin). His articles and reviews have
appeared in the American Political Science Review, The Times
Literary Supplement, Public Opinion Quarterly, Presidential Studies
Quarterly, White House Studies, The Journal of Leadership Studies,
and elsewhere.
David Gray Adler is President of The Alturas Institute, USA, and
has previously taught at Idaho State University, USA, held the
McClure Professorship at the University of Idaho, USA, where he
taught courses on the Constitution in the College of Law, and the
Andrus Professorship at Boise State University, USA. Adler’s books
and writings have been cited by the US Supreme Court, and by
lawyers in the White House, the State Department, and members of
Congress. His articles andreviews have appeared in the American
Political Science Review, Political Science Quarterly and
distinguished law reviews.
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