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Lexington Books Reflections on War and Peace and the Constitution 2014 Edition by George Anastaplo
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. Table of contents :- Part One1.War & Peace in the Bible2.Who Were the Greeks-and Why Do They Matter?3.Sedition in Wartime: Thersites and the Trojan War4.Justice and Nobility: The Problem of Antigone5.War & Peace and Socratic Constitutionalism6.On Law For and Among Peoples7.On the Projection of Force to the Other Side of the World8.Victory, Defeat, and National Morale9.William Shakespeare and the Uncomfortable Facts of War10.War & Peace and the Declaration of Independence11.The War Power and the Constitution12.The Organic Laws of the United States13.On Deliberation and WarPart Two1.The Separation of Powers2.The Risks and Rewards of Civil War3.The Dreyfus Affair and the War Power4.The Great War-A Monumental Folly5.Woodrow Wilson and His Fourteen Points6.On the Defense of the Allied Policy for Bombing German Cities (1944-1945)7.The Presidency, Especially in Time of War8.Congress, the President and the Constitution in Wartime9.September Eleventh: On Diagnosing an Addiction10.The Prospects and Perils of Homeland Security11.Freedom of Speech in "Wartime"12.Fearfulness and the Search for an Elusive "Security"13. Philosophy and the Prospects at DeathAppendicesA.The Declaration of Independence (1776)B.The United States Constitution (1787)C.The Amendments to the United States Constitution (1791-1992)Introduction to Appendixes D, E, and FD.Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!E.Are You Listening?F.I Can't Figure It Out to This Day