The terror presidency : law and judgment inside the Bush administration /

A key advisor to President Bush recounts his political clashes with powerful administration figures when he questioned the choices of his predecessors about the way the war on terror was being conducted, in an account in which he cites historical parallels

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Main Author: Goldsmith, Jack L
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2007
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245 1 4 |a The terror presidency :  |b law and judgment inside the Bush administration /  |c Jack Goldsmith 
260 |a New York :  |b W.W. Norton & Co.,  |c c2007 
300 |a 256 p. ;  |c 24 cm 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index 
505 0 0 |a Preface --  |g ch. 1. Thenew job --  |g ch. 2. TheCommander in Chief ensnared by law --  |g ch. 3.Fear and OLC --  |g ch. 4.When lawyers make terrorism policy --  |g ch. 5.Torture and the dilemmas of Presidential lawyering --  |g ch. 6. Theterror Presidency --Acknowledgments --Notes --Index 
520 |a A key advisor to President Bush recounts his political clashes with powerful administration figures when he questioned the choices of his predecessors about the way the war on terror was being conducted, in an account in which he cites historical parallels 
600 1 0 |a Bush, George W.  |q (George Walker),  |d 1946- 
600 1 7 |a Bush, George W.  |q (George Walker),  |d 1946-  |2 sears 
610 1 0 |a United States.  |b Dept. of Justice.  |b Office of Legal Counsel 
650 0 |a War and emergency powers  |z United States 
650 0 |a Rule of law  |z United States 
650 0 |a Misconduct in office  |z United States 
650 0 |a Executive power  |z United States 
650 0 |a War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 
650 0 |a Human rights  |z United States 
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