| ID | 147219 |
| Title Proper | Legal legacy of light-footprint warfare |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Waxman, Matthew ; Jack Goldsmith & Matthew Waxman ; Goldsmith, Jack |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Candidate Barack Obama pledged in 2008 to end the Bush administration's heavy military deployments, but not to end the war against al-Qaeda and its associates. He said that as President he would keep a small residual force in Iraq to target al-Qaeda remnants, and promised to “tak[e] the fight to al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan,” a goal that required, among other things, “more troops, more helicopters, more satellites, more Predator drones in the Afghan border region. |
| `In' analytical Note | Washington Quarterly Vol. 39, No.2; Summer 2016: p.7-21 |
| Journal Source | Washington Quarterly Vol: 39 No 2 |
| Key Words | United States ; US ; Legal Legacy ; Light-Footprint Warfare ; Light-Footprint War ; Constitutional Constraints |