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9%OFFBrien Hallett - The Lost Art of Declaring War - 9780252067266 - V9780252067266
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The Lost Art of Declaring War

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Description for The Lost Art of Declaring War Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: GTJ; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.

Historically, it has been assumed that war is violence and declarations of war are simply public announcements that serve to initiate combat. Brien Hallett denies both assumptions and claims that war is policy, not violence.

The Lost Art of Declaring War analyzes the crucial differences between combat and war and convincingly argues that the power to "declare" war is in actuality the power to compose a text, draft a document, write a denunciation. Once written, the declaration then serves three functions: to articulate the political purposes of the war, to guide and direct military operations, and to establish the ... Read more

Hallett sounds a clarion call urging the people and their representatives to take up the challenge and write fully reasoned declarations of war. Then, and only then, can a civilized nation like the United States lay claim to being fully democratic, not only in peacetime, but in wartime as well.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252067266
SKU
V9780252067266
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99-50

Reviews for The Lost Art of Declaring War
"Brien Hallett has fashioned an original, incisive, and powerful argument for the proper standards for going to war. Tightly reasoned throughout and well timed to address the conceptual confusion that now reigns."
Louis Fisher, author of Presidential War Power

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