Presidential Accountability in Wartime: President Bush, the Treatment of Detainees, and the Laws of War

by Stuart Streichler

Book Overview

The American presidency has long tested the capacity of the system of checks and balances to constrain executive power, especially in times of war. While scholars have examined presidents starting military conflicts without congressional authorization or infringing on civil liberties in the name of national security, Stuart Streichler focuses on the conduct of hostilities. Using the treatment of war-on-terror detainees under President George W...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472056492
• ISBN13: 9780472056491
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"