George Anastaplo

Reflections on War and Peace and the Constitution (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The attitudes and assumptions of different cultures and historical periods toward war and the maintenance of peace are reviewed by recalling authors who include Euripides, Sophocles, Plato, Cervantes, Shakespeare, Hobbes, and Zola. The challenges of war, peace, and national security for and by Americans are examined, and documents such as the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of 1787. The lives and thought of eminent Americans are also recalled (including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin Roosevelt), as well as the challenges posed by incidents such as the Dreyfus Affair and monstrosities such as the Second World War Holocaust. The Appendixes reinforce these inquiries by providing critical documents in American history and interviews with a Holocaust survivor.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 382
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216348115
• Artikelnr.: 74397254

Autorenporträt

George Anastaplo (1925-2014) was lecturer in the liberal arts at the University of Chicago, professor of law at Loyola University of Chicago, and professor emeritus of political science and of philosophy at Dominican University.

Inhaltsangabe

Part One
War & Peace in the BibleWho Were the Greeks-and Why Do They Matter?Sedition
in Wartime: Thersites and the Trojan WarJustice and Nobility: The Problem
of AntigoneWar & Peace and Socratic ConstitutionalismOn Law For and Among
PeoplesOn the Projection of Force to the Other Side of the WorldVictory,
Defeat, and National MoraleWilliam Shakespeare and the Uncomfortable Facts
of WarWar & Peace and the Declaration of IndependenceThe War Power and the
ConstitutionThe Organic Laws of the United StatesOn Deliberation and
WarPart Two
The Separation of PowersThe Risks and Rewards of Civil WarThe Dreyfus
Affair and the War PowerThe Great War-A Monumental FollyWoodrow Wilson and
His Fourteen PointsOn the Defense of the Allied Policy for Bombing German
Cities (1944-1945)
The Presidency, Especially in Time of WarCongress, the President and the
Constitution in WartimeSeptember Eleventh: On Diagnosing an AddictionThe
Prospects and Perils of Homeland SecurityFreedom of Speech in
"Wartime"Fearfulness and the Search for an Elusive "Security" Philosophy
and the Prospects at DeathAppendices
A.The Declaration of Independence (1776)
B.The United States Constitution (1787)
C.The Amendments to the United States Constitution (1791-1992)
Introduction to Appendixes D, E, and F
D.Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
E.Are You Listening?
F.I Can't Figure It Out to This Day