Reimagining the National Security State

Karen J. Greenberg, Reimagining the National Security State: Liberalism on the Brink (Cambridge University Press, 2020).

Looking through the lenses of theory, history, law and policy, the essays in this volume illuminate the ways in which liberal democracy has suffered at the hands of policymakers in the name of national security. The contributors, who are leading experts and practitioners in fields ranging from political theory to evolutionary biology, discuss the vast expansion of executive powers, the excessive reliance on secrecy, and the exploration of questionable legal territory in matters of detention, criminal justice, targeted killings, and warfare. This book gives the reader an eye-opening window into the historical precedents and lasting impact the security state has had on America's founding principles.

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