War Time An Idea, Its History, Its Consequences

Name: War Time An Idea, Its History, Its Consequences
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ISBN: 9780199315857

ISBN-10: 019931585X

ISBN-13: 9780199315857

Edition: 2013

Authors: Mary L. Dudziak

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When is wartime? On the surface, it is a period of time in which a society is at war. But we now live in what President Obama has called "an age without surrender ceremonies," when it is no longer easy to distinguish between wartime and peacetime. In this inventive meditation on war, time, and the law, Mary Dudziak argues that wartime is not as discrete a time period as we like to think. Instead, America has been engaged in some form of ongoing overseas armed conflict for over a century. Meanwhile policy makers and the American public continue to view wars as exceptional events that eventually give way to normal peace times. This has two consequences: first, because war is thought to be…

Book details

List price: $29.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/1/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 232
Size: 5.55" wide x 8.23" long x 0.68" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

Mary L. Dudziak is professor of law, history, and political science at the University of Southern California. Her books include "Exporting American Dreams: Thurgood Marshall's African Journey", "September 11 in History", and "Legal Borderlands".



Introduction



What Time Is It?



When Was World War II?



What Kind of War Was the Cold War?



What Is a War on Terror?


Conclusion


Appendix


Acknowledgments


Notes


Index