Power and constraint : the accountable presidency after 9/11 /

The surprising truth behind Barack Obama's decision to continue many of his predecessor's counterterrorism policies.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Goldsmith, Jack L
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2012
Edition:1st ed
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: checks and balances in an endless war
  • Part one. Continuity: the new normal; forces bigger than the president
  • Part two. Distributed checks and balances: accountability journalism; spies under a government microscope; warrior-lawyers; the GTMO bar
  • Part three. Assessment: the presidential synopticon
  • Afterword: after the next attack