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1 DOI: / American Presidential Power and the War on Terror

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3 American Presidential Power and the War on Terror: Does the Constitution Matter? Justin DePlato Assistant Professor of Political Science, Robert Morris University, USA DOI: /

4 american presidential power and the war on terror Copyright Justin DePlato, Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition All rights reserved. First published in 2015 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN in the United States a division of St. Martin s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number , of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave and Macmillan are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN: PDF ISBN: Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available from the Library of Congress. A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. First edition: DOI: /

5 DOI: / I dedicate this book to my wife, Angela

6 Contents Acknowledgments vii Introduction: The Era of a War on Terror 1 1 The Founders Reasons and Justifications for Presidential Emergency Power 13 2 President G. W. Bush and the Hyper-unitary Approach to Waging the War on Terror 41 3 President Obama, the Nobel Peace Prize Winner and the War on Terror 85 Conclusion: The Republic Is in Danger 90 References 95 Index 103 vi DOI: /

7 Acknowledgments I thank the anonymous reviewers whose insightful critique made this project much stronger. I thank the support of my colleagues in the scholarship of the Presidency. We are all trying to educate the populace on the powers and limitations of the Presidency. DOI: / vii

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