Reflections on war and peace and the constitution
By: George Anastaplo
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9780739193273
Subjects: History; Philosophy; Constitutional law; Peace; War and emergency powers; Law; War
Description: "The attitudes and assumptions of different cultures and historical periods toward war and the maintenance of peace are reviewed by recalling authors including Euripides, Sophocles, Plato, Cervantes, Shakespeare, Hobbes, and Zola. The challenges of war, peace, and national security for and by Americans are examined, as are documents such as the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of 1787. The lives and thoughts of eminent Americans are also recalled (including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin Roosevelt), as are the challenges posed by incidents such as the Dreyfus Affair and monstrosities such as the Holocaust during the Second World War. The appendixes reinforce these inquiries by providing critical documents in American history and interviews with a Holocaust survivor"--Unedited summary from book cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: War and peace in the Bible; title: Who were the Greeks - and why do they matter?; title: Sedition in wartime: Thersites and the Trojan War; title: Justice and nobility: the problem of Antigone; title: War and peace and Socratic constitutionalism; title: On law for and among peoples; title: On the projection of force to the other side of the world; title: Victory, defeat, and national morale; title: William Shakespeare and the uncomfortable facts of war; title: War and peace and the Declaration of Independence; title: The war power and the Constitution; title: The organic laws of the United States; title: On deliberation and war; title: The separation of powers; title: The risks and rewards of civil war; title: The Dreyfus Affair and the war power; title: The Great War - a monumental folly; title: Woodrow Wilson and his Fourteen Points; title: On the defense of the allied policy for bombing German cities (1944-1945); title: The presidency, especially in time of war; title: Congress, the president and the Constitution in wartime; title: September Eleventh: on diagnosing an addiction; title: The prospects and perils of homeland security; title: Freedom of speech in "wartime"; title: Fearfulness and the search for an elusive "security"; title: Philosophy and the prospects at death; title: Appendix A: the Declaration of Independence (1776); title: Appendix B: the United States Constitution (1878); title: Appendix C: the amendments to the United States Constitution (1791-1992); title: Appendix D: glory! glory! hallelujah!; title: Appendix E: are you listening?; title: Appendix F: I can't figure it out to this day.