Joseph Margulies: 2 books
What Changed When Everything Changed
9/11 and the Making of National Identity
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2013
Beautifully written and carefully reasoned, this bold and provocative work upends the conventional wisdom about the American reaction to crisis. Margulies demonstrates that for key elements of the post-9/11 landscape—especially support for counterterror policies like torture and hostility to Islam—American...
Guantanamo and the Abuse of Presidential Power
Guantanamo and the Abuse of Presidential Power
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2006
In his address to the nation on September 20, 2001, President Bush declared war on terrorism and set in motion a detention policy unlike any we have ever seen. Since then, the United States has seized thousands of people from around the globe, setting off a firestorm of controversy. Guantanamo and...