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The Us War In Afghanistan And The War Powers Act: A Natural Experiment, Burrell Fletcher V
The Us War In Afghanistan And The War Powers Act: A Natural Experiment, Burrell Fletcher V
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How Can the War Powers Act of 1972 be Reformed to Increase the Chances of Winning Wars?
This paper examines the effects of the War Powers Act of 1973’s Authorisation for Use of Military Force (AUMF) system on the conduct of war, especially regarding the ongoing War on Terror. The War on Terror, began in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, attacks when President Bush invaded Afghanistan. Congress, using the War Powers Act, passed the 2001 AUMF in the weeks after the attacks. The 2001 AUMF has been used in twenty-two countries to justify anti-terror operations thus far (Savell, …