{"product_id":"the-powers-of-war-and-peace-the-constitution-and-foreign-affairs-after-911","title":"The Powers of War and Peace: The Constitution and Foreign Affairs after 9\/11","description":"\u003cp\u003eSince the September 11 attacks on the United States  the Bush administration has come under fire for its methods of combating terrorism. Waging war against al Qaeda has proven to be a legal quagmire  with critics claiming that the administrations response in Afghanistan and Iraq is unconstitutional. The war on terrorand  in a larger sense  the administrations decision to withdraw from the ABM Treaty and the Kyoto accordshas many wondering whether the constitutional framework for making foreign affairs decisions has been discarded by the present administration.  John Yoo  formerly a lawyer in the Department of Justice  here makes the case for a completely new approach to understanding what the Constitution says about foreign affairs  particularly the powers of war and peace. Looking to American history  Yoo points out that from Truman and Korea to Clintons intervention in Kosovo  American presidents have had to act decisively on the world stage without a declaration of war. They are able to do so  Yoo argues  because the Constitution grants the president  Congress  and the courts very different powers  requiring them to negotiate the countrys foreign policy. Yoo roots his controversial analysis in a brilliant reconstruction of the original understanding of the foreign affairs power and supplements it with arguments based on constitutional text  structure  and history.  Accessibly blending historical arguments with current policy debates  The Powers of War and Peace will no doubt be hotly debated. And while the questions it addresses are as old and fundamental as the Constitution itself  Americas response to the September 11 attacks has renewed them with even greater force and urgency.  Can the president of the United States do whatever he likes in wartime without oversight from Congress or the courts? This year  the issue came to a head as the Bush administration struggled to maintain its aggressive approach to the detention and interrogation of suspected enemy combatants in the war on terrorism. But this was also the year that the administrations claims about presidential supremacy received their most sustained intellectual defense in The Powers of War and Peace.Jeffrey Rosen  New York Times  Yoos theory promotes frank discussion of the national interest and makes it harder for politicians to parade policy conflicts as constitutional crises. Most important  Yoos approach offers a way to renew our political systems democratic vigor.David B. Rivkin Jr. and Carlos Ramos-Mrosovsky  National Review\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44985941295157,"sku":"ByrdShop_0226960315","price":22.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780226960319.jpg?v=1770878418","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-powers-of-war-and-peace-the-constitution-and-foreign-affairs-after-911","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}