America's "war on terrorism"; new dimensions in U.S. government and national security

Reference & Research Book News, August, 2008

America's "war on terrorism"; new dimensions in U.S. government and national security.

Ed. by John E. Owens and John W. Dumbrell.

Lexington Books

2008

263 pages

$75.00

Hardcover

HV6432

Owens (US government and politics, U. of Westminster, UK) and Bumbrell (government, Durham U., UK) present eight essays by British and American political scientists on US government and national security issues raised by the so-called "War on Terror." Topics addressed include presidential aggrandizement and congressional acquiescence in the "War on Terror," implementation of the Bush doctrine on preemptive attack, realist and reflectivist perspectives on international relations and the "War on Terror," US military strategy and strategic culture, the failure of US pre-war intelligence on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, the "War on Terror" and contemporary US-European relations, and US-UK relations and the invasion of Iraq.

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