Justice at War
The Men and Ideas that Shaped America's War on Terror
179 pages · Released 2008 · New York Review of Books
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This is a scholarly nonfiction work examining post-9/11 U.S. constitutional law and civil rights, not a book for children or general young readers. The content addresses torture, surveillance, and erosion of civil liberties through a legal and historical lens appropriate for high school and college students with some maturity and background knowledge. While Cole's analysis is critical and raises difficult questions, the treatment is analytical rather than graphic, though references to torture and national security abuses do carry weight.
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How did America become a nation that tortures prisoners, spies on its citizens, and gives its president unchecked powers in matters of defense? Cole takes a critical look at the limits of constitutional protections when the nation is under the threat of terrorism. How did America become a nation that tortures prisoners, spies on its citizens, and gives its president unchecked powers in matters of defense? Cole takes a critical look at the limits of constitutional protections when the nation is under the threat of terrorism.
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- History
- Civil rights
- Politics and government
- War on Terrorism, 2001-
- War on Terrorism, 2001-2009
- United states, politics and government, 2001-2009
- Civil rights, united states
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ISBN 9781590172971 · New York Review of Books