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Civil Liberties in Wartime
Author(s) -
Stone Geoffrey R.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of supreme court history
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1540-5818
pISSN - 1059-4329
DOI - 10.1111/1540-5818.00065
Subject(s) - civil liberties , spanish civil war , political science , law , regret , cold war , just war theory , asymmetric warfare , politics , computer science , machine learning
I have a simple thesis: In time of war—or, more precisely, in time of national crisis—we respond too harshly in our restriction of civil liberties, and then later regret our behavior. To explore this thesis, I will briefly review our experience in 1798, the Civil War, World War I, World War II, the Cold War and the Vietnam War. I will then offer some observations.