Waging War on Trial: A Handbook with Cases, Laws, and Documents

Waging War On Trial by Brian R. Dirck (Assistant Professor of American History, Anderson University, Anderson, Illinois) is an informed and informative study of how and when the United States, as a nation, opts to wage war. Examining landmark legal cases; American political and military history; the needs of military discipline; the shattering impact of the September 11th attacks; and a great deal more, Waging War On Trial offers a highly recommended compendium of scholarly, unbiased recountings and insights on crucial political matters as affecting just when and how the United States has gone to war from the American Revolution to the War on Terrorism.