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Since 9/11, a new configuration of power situated at the core of the executive branch of the U.S. government has taken hold. In Crimes of Power & States of Impunity, Michael Welch takes a close look at the key historical, political, and economic forces shaping the country's response to terror.

Table of Contents
Preface and Acknowledgements
Part 1 Presenting History
1 A post-9/11 world
2 A new configuration of power
Part 2 Prime Targeting
3 Unlawful enemy combatants
4 Guantanamo Bay
5 Torture
Part 3 Expanding Range
6 Ordering Iraq
7 Collateral damage
Part 4 Lasting Legacies
8 Governing through terror
9 States of impunity
Appendix
Notes
Cases
References
Index

Crimes of Power and States of Impunity The US

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      Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 1/7/2009 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780813544359, 978-0813544359
      ISBN10: 0813544351

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Since 9/11, a new configuration of power situated at the core of the executive branch of the U.S. government has taken hold. In Crimes of Power & States of Impunity, Michael Welch takes a close look at the key historical, political, and economic forces shaping the country's response to terror.

      Table of Contents
      Preface and Acknowledgements
      Part 1 Presenting History
      1 A post-9/11 world
      2 A new configuration of power
      Part 2 Prime Targeting
      3 Unlawful enemy combatants
      4 Guantanamo Bay
      5 Torture
      Part 3 Expanding Range
      6 Ordering Iraq
      7 Collateral damage
      Part 4 Lasting Legacies
      8 Governing through terror
      9 States of impunity
      Appendix
      Notes
      Cases
      References
      Index

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