America's "war on terrorism"2008
new dimensions in U.S. government and national security
by John E. Owens
"Following an introduction by the editors, in which they survey issues and debates raised by America's "War" on Terrorism and its consequences for US government and politics, foreign policy, and for American foreign relations, the contributions to this volume - from British and American scholars - explain the implications of the post-9/11 mobilization and reconfiguration of US foreign and internal security policies." "Issues addressed in the book include: the growth of presidential power, executive branch reconfiguration and the managerial presidency, the Bush doctrine of pre-emption, the changing role of the US in the international order, the impact of the "war" on terrorism on the US military, intelligence failure and the changed role of US intelligence, renewed tension in US-European...