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082 0 4 _a342.73062
100 1 _aNapolitano, Andrew P.,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aSuicide pact :
_bthe radical expansion of presidential powers and the lethal threat to American liberty /
_cJudge Andrew P. Napolitano.
264 1 _aNashville, Tennessee :
_bNelson Books, an imprint of Thomas Nelson,
_c[2014]
300 _axxxii, 444 pages ;
_c24 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 351-421) and index.
505 0 _aPart I. 1770-1880 : the struggle for natural liberty. A philosophical primer ; A constitutional overview of the duty to defend and the power to wage successful war ; National security in the Revolutionary War era ; The Civil War and Reconstruction eras -- Part II. 1900-1946 : the noble liars. Turn-of-the-century America : the Wilson administration and World War I ; The World War II era : the freedom of speech and power over property ; The World War II era : Quirin and the Japanese cases -- Part III. 1947-present : the long wars. The Cold War : the Truman years, the Korean conflict, and the second Red Scare ; The Cold War : the civil war in Vietnam ; Before 9/11 : America and global terror from 1980-2001 ; The George W. Bush administration : the Global War on Terror and privacy in the post-9/11 world ; The George W. Bush administration : render and torture ; The George W. Bush administration : the right to trial ; The Obama administration : a midterm review of the Middle East, torture, and trials ; The Obama administration : a midterm review of exponentially expanded drone intervention and privacy attacks.
520 _aArgues that America has been transformed into a surveillance state with an increasing loss of personal freedoms and traces this decline through history, beginning with colonial rule all the way to the current war on terrorism. --Publisher's description.
650 0 _aExecutive power
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aExecutive power
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
650 0 _aNational security
_xLaw and legislation
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aPresidents
_zUnited States.
650 4 _aPoder ejecutivo
_zEstados Unidos
650 4 _aPoder ejecutivo
_zEstados Unidos
_xHistoria.
650 4 _aPresidentes
_zEstados Unidos.
650 4 _a20150400
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