Three days after September 11, 2001, Congress passed an unprecedented authorization of the use of military force (AUMF 2001) that remains in force today. As the theatre of operation against terrorism changes, the applicability and legality of the AUMF 2001 is under increasing scrutiny - giving way to academic discussion over its current status.

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American University, USA

Shoon Murray

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Shoon Murray is Associate Professor of International Service at American University, USA. She served as Director of the U.S. Foreign Policy Master's program at SIS from 2008 to 2014. Her other books include Anchors Against Change: American Opinion Leaders' Beliefs After the Cold War (1997) and Mission Creep: The Militarization of US Foreign Policy (2014).

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Book Title: The Terror Authorization
Book Subtitle: The History and Politics of the 2001 AUMF
Authors: Shoon Murray
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137392770
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political Science Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-39862-8Published: 30 June 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-39277-0Published: 30 June 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 133
Topics: International Relations, European Politics, Political Science, Military and Defence Studies, Political History

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

Front Matter

The AUMF Takes on “A Life of Its Own”

The Passage of the 2001 AUMF in Historical Context

The Bush Administration’s Overreach: Some Pushback, but a Lasting Imprint

Obama and the Armed Conflict with Al Qaeda and Its Associates

The Case for Repeal and the Forces Favoring the Status Quo

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