Reflections on War and Peace and the Constitution
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Reflections on War and Peace and the Constitution

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Reflections on War and Peace and the Constitution

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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.

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Contents
  3. Preface
  4. 1. War and Peace in the Bible
  5. 2. Who Were the Greeks—and Why Do They Matter?
  6. 3. Sedition in Wartime
  7. 4. Justice and Nobility
  8. 5. War and Peace and Socratic Constitutionalism
  9. 6. On Law for and among Peoples
  10. 7. On the Projection of Force to the Other Side of the World
  11. 8. Victory, Defeat, and National Morale
  12. 9. William Shakespeare and the Uncomfortable Facts of War
  13. 10. War and Peace and the Declaration of Independence
  14. 11. The “War Power” and the Constitution
  15. 12. The Organic Laws of the United States
  16. 13. On Deliberation and War
  17. 1. The Separation of Powers
  18. 2. The Risks and Rewards of Civil War
  19. 3. The Dreyfus Affair and the War Power
  20. 4. The Great War: A Monumental Folly
  21. 5. Woodrow Wilson and His Fourteen Points
  22. 6. On the Defense of the Allied Policy for Bombing German Cities
  23. 7. The Presidency, Especially In Time of War
  24. 8. Congress, the President, and the Constitution in “Wartime”
  25. 9. September Eleventh: On Diagnosing an Addiction
  26. 10. The Prospects and Perils of Homeland Security
  27. 11. Freedom of Speech in “Wartime”
  28. 12. Fearfulness and the Search for an Elusive “Security”
  29. 13. Philosophy and the Prospects at Death
  30. Appendix A: The Declaration of Independence (1776)
  31. Appendix B: The United States Constitution (1787)
  32. Appendix C: The Amendments to the United States Constitution (1971–1992)
  33. Introduction to Appendixes D, E, and F
  34. Appendix D: GLORY! GLORY! HALLELUJAH!
  35. Appendix E: ARE YOU LISTENING?
  36. Appendix F: I CAN’T FIGURE IT OUT TO THIS DAY
  37. Index
  38. About the Author