war on terrorism, 2001-2009

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war on terrorism, 2001-2009

Taking sides

2014
A debate-style reader that examines current controversies in world politics, with writings representing the views of political scientists, lawmakers, and political commentators, with an overview of each debate's opposing sides and its impact on world politics.

Guant?namo and the abuse of presidential power

2007
Chronicles the attempts by the Bush administration to extend the bounds of presidential authority while limiting official culpability, maintaining that they have not provided a complete explanation for their detention policy.

The Patriot Act

a documentary and reference guide
2008
A collection of sixty-four documents containing federal statutes, congressional hearings, floor debates, press conferences, interviews, and essays that examine the controversy over the post-September 11, 2001 Patriot Act.

Casualty of war

the Bush administration's assault on a free press
2004
Examines press freedom in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, and considers whether the Bush administration attempted to pressure or control media reporting in the U.S. and the effects of such restrictions on press freedom around the world.

SEAL Team Six outcasts

2012
Bitter Ash, a special operations unit, is secretly deployed into enemy territory to eliminate the potential successors to Osama bin Laden's leadership in al Qaeda, but discover a larger plot that puts the United States in jeopardy.

The ghost

2007
Having served as Great Britain's longest-enduring prime minister, Adam Lang accepts a large cash advance to write a tell-all memoir of his life and controversial political career, an effort for which he hires a ghostwriter who uncovers dangerous secrets about the former leader's term.

The Ghost

2008
Former British prime minister Adam Lang (clearly modelled on Tony Blair) is up against a firm deadline to submit his memoirs to his publisher, and the project is dangerously derailed when his aide and collaborator, Michael McAra, perishes in a ferry accident off the coast of Martha's Vineyard. To salvage the book, a professional ghostwriter is hired to whip the manuscript into shape, but the unnamed writer soon finds that separating truth from fiction in Lang's recollections a challenge. The stakes rise when Lang is accused of war crimes for authorizing the abduction of suspected al-Qaeda terrorists in Pakistan, who then ended up in the CIA's merciless hands. As the new writer probes deeper, he uncovers evidence that his predecessor's death may have been a homicide.

The dark side

the inside story of how the War on Terror turned into a war on American ideals
2009

Terrorism and peacekeeping

new security challenges
2005
Presents a collection of fifteen essays that examine the issues related to the management, leadership, and accountability of United States national security, from peacekeeping efforts in Bosnia to the war against terrorism.

Endless war?

hidden functions of the "war on terror"
2006

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