AMERICAS WAR ON TERROR, SECOND EDITION
With this updated version, the authors have made a significant contribution to the scholarly understanding of the complexities of the US-led war on terrorism. Americas War on Terror, Second Edition supplies experts with a number of different yet essential vantage points into the foreign policymaking process and issue areas that characterize and define US counterterrorism policy.
Chris J. Dolan, Lebanon Valley College, USA
presents a timely and comprehensive analysis of the background, consequences and challenges of the war on terror. It addresses such diverse and complementary topics as budgetary priorities, military power, homeland security and presidential leadership. The interdisciplinary approach, careful research and clear writing recommend this text highly to students and scholars alike.
Meena Bose, Hofstra University, USA
For Claudia, Gina, and Tracy
Americas War on Terror, Second Edition
Edited by
TOM LANSFORD
University of Southern Mississippi, USA
ROBERT P. WATSON
Lynn University, USA
JACK COVARRUBIAS
University of Southern Mississippi, USA
First published 2009 by Ashgate Publishing
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Americas war on terror. -- 2nd ed.
1. Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946- 2. War on Terrorism, 2001- 3. United States--Foreign relations--2001- I. Lansford, Tom. II. Watson, Robert P., 1962- III. Covarrubias, Jack. 327.7'3'09051-dc22
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Americas war on terror / by Tom Lansford, Robert P. Watson and Jack Covarrubias. -- 2nd ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-7546-7785-7 (hardback) 1. Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-2. Obama, Barack. 3. War on Terrorism, 2001- 4. United States--Foreign relations--2001-I. Lansford, Tom. II. Watson, Robert P., 1962- III. Covarrubias, Jack.
HV6432.A526 2009
973.931--dc22
2009016977
ISBN 978-0-7546-7785-7 (hbk)
ISBN 978-0-7546-7787-1 (pbk)
ISBN 978-1-3155-6670-2 (ebk)
Contents
Robert P. Watson
Tom Lansford and Jack Covarrubias
Neal Allen
Patrick Hayden
Robert J. Pauly, Jr.
Michael G. Dziubinski and Steve A. Yetiv
John Davis
Neil Reedy and Justin Miller
Vaughn P. Shannon
Tom Lansford and Jack Covarrubias
Dirk C. van Raemdonck
Shahdad Naghshpour and J.J. St. Marie
Mark Evans
Kristin Andrews
Matthew A. Williams and Jack Covarrubias
List of Figure and Tables
Figure
Tables
Notes on Contributors
Neal Allen is an Assistant Professor of Political Science with the College of St. Benedict and Saint Johns University since 2006. His research interests include the American Supreme Court, the Presidency, and American political development.
Kristin Andrews is an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Cognitive Science Program at York University, in Toronto, Canada.
Jack Covarrubias is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast. He is also a member of the governing board of the National Social Science Association. He has published numerous works, most recently including the co-authored book To Protect and Defend: Homeland Security Policy (2006); Strategic Interests in the Middle East: Opposition or Support for US Foreign Policy (2007); and the co-authored chapter, The Best Defense? Iraq and Beyond, in the edited volume The Second Term of George W. Bush: Prospects and Perils (2006).
John Davis teaches at Howard University. His articles include The Evolution of American Grand Strategy and the War on Terrorism: Clinton-Bush Perspectives; The Evolution of the Doctrine of Preemption; and The History of The War on Terrorism. Davis was a researcher with the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington, DC.
Michael G. Dziubinski is a retired military officer with expertise in nuclear command and control, national intelligence, information operations, and joint operations. He holds a PhD from Old Dominion University and researches joint warfighting. He currently works with United States Joint Forces Command.
Mark Evans is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Politics and International Relations, Swansea University. He is the editor of The Edinburgh Companion to Contemporary Liberalism (Edinburgh University Press, 2001); Just War Theory: A Reappraisal (Edinburgh University Press, 2005); and has authored numerous articles and chapters on liberal political theory, human rights, and international relations. He is currently working on the concept of jus post bellum.
Patrick Hayden is Reader in the School of International Relations at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. He is the author of Political Evil in a Global Age: Hannah Arendt and International Theory (Routledge, 2009); Critical Theoriesof Globalization (Palgrave, 2006, with Chamsy el-Ojeili); Cosmopolitan Global Politics (Ashgate, 2005); and John Rawls: Towards a Just World Order (University of Wales Press, 2002).
Tom Lansford is the Academic Dean and a Professor of Political Science, International Development & Affairs at the University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast. He is a member of the governing board of the National Social Science Association and the author/co-author of numerous books, including: All for One: NATO, Terrorism and the United States (2002); A Bitter Harvest: U.S. Foreign Policy and Afghanistan (2003); Strategic Preemption: US Foreign Policy and the Second War in Iraq (2004); and co-editor of several collections including: George W. Bush: A Political and Ethical Assessment at Midterm