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Tags: TERRORISM -- United States; DECLARATION of war
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- In This War, Our Response Must Be Overwhelming. Simon, Roger // Human Events;9/17/2001, Vol. 57 Issue 34, p16
Discusses a possible retaliation against the perpetrators of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States. Analogy of the terrorist attacks with the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941; Comparison between terrorism and military policy.
- Declare War on Every Country That Harbors Anti-American Terrorists. Tracinski, Robert // Human Events;9/17/2001, Vol. 57 Issue 34, p16
Criticizes the declaration of war on every country that harbors anti-United States (U.S.) terrorists, following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the U.S. Countries that sponsor terrorists; How the U.S. should respond to terrorist attacks.
- The New Meaning of War. Kelly, James F. // U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings;Jun2006, Vol. 132 Issue 6, p4
The article focuses on the war against terrorism declared by the U.S. President George W. Bush received from Congress the authority to attack the terrorists responsible and those who sheltered or supported them. There was no formal declaration of war because the enemies were not nations but...
- When is a `contingency' by any other name a war? MacLeish, Rod // Christian Science Monitor;10/1/96, Vol. 88 Issue 215, p1
Reports that the United States has no official definition of war. Involvement of the US in combat missions without a declaration of war from the Congress; Description of the conflicts as contingencies to get around the need for Congress to declare war; Belief that the President should consult...
- APPENDIX. // In Our First Year of the War by Woodrow Wilson;1/1/1917, p24
An appendix is presented of the names of the countries and the dates of its declarations of war.
- Wrong Dates. Kirstein, Peter N. // Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists;Jul/Aug1991, Vol. 47 Issue 6, p45
Presents a letter to the editor in response to the article in the March 1991 issue about congressional declarations of war.
- WHOLESALE TERRORISM ESCALATES. Herman, Edward S. // Arab Studies Quarterly;Spring/Summer2002, Vol. 24 Issue 2/3, p119
Discusses terrorism. Sources of evidence that Israel has deliberately targeted civilians in its war against Palestine; Difference between the so-called wholesale terrorism and retail terrorism; Reasons the U.S. underwrites Israeli ethnic cleansing and state terrorism.
- 'An Enemy Closer to Us Than Any European Power': The Impact of Mexico on Texan Public Opinion.... Cox, Patrick L. // Southwestern Historical Quarterly;Jul2001, Vol. 105 Issue 1, p40
Examines attitudes and events influencing the public and decision-makers in Texas. Impact of Mexico on Texan public opinion before World War I; Declaration of war against Germany by Woodrow Wilson; Role of Rio Grande in shaping the attitudes of Texans.
- The Constitution, the president and Congress. McManus, John F. // Vital Speeches of the Day;8/1/94, Vol. 60 Issue 20, p634
Presents the speech by the president of John Birch Society given before the United States Marine Corp Advance Logistics Officer Course on April 20, 1994 concerning the right to declare war.
