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How our government should provide citizen safety during the war on terror is a source of continued debate between Congress and President Bush. Both of these books provide new and broader perspectives on U.S. attempts to counter terrorism, and both develop systematic analysis to underscore flaws to real and emergent terrorist threats. Cole (law, Georgetown Univ.;Enemy Aliens ) and Lobel (law, Univ. of Pittsburgh;Success Without Victory ) criticize President Bush's use of a "preventive paradigm" that avoids the rule of law and that they deem counterproductive. The authors address our ability to maintain national security within our fundamental principles of government, individual liberties, and the rule of law. In a series of well-developed arguments, they state that the Bush administration has enga...Log In or Sign Up to Read More