Targeting Americans

H. Jefferson Powell, in this rewarding and thoughtful book. . .addresses the vexing question of targeted killing from a constitutional point of view. . .[T]he point of a superb essay like Powell's [is] that it structures our analysis, provides a playing field with rules on which we can agree, narrows the points of contention, and gives us an overall assessment that is incontrovertible. . .Without some grounding in American legal precedents, rationales and practices, how can a member of the public tell whether what the public is being told about the content of the law is true or false? This book provides the answer: by reading an example of scrupulous, impeccable legal analysis. It is a gift to our democracy and there was rarely a time when such a gift was more needed. (From the Foreword) -Philip Bobbitt, Herbert Wechsler Professor of Federal Jurisprudence, Columbia University, Distinguished Senior Lecturer, University of Texas School of Law Without giving too much away, allow me to say that one of the things I very much like about the book is how succinct it is (187 pages of text, along with another 29 pages of a very interesting appendix). I also appreciate how eminently readable Jeff made it. It's very much not a book limited to legal specialists, but is readily intellectually 'accessible' to interested members of the general public. All in all, this is one book so relevant and timely that everyone ought to read it (and, because of its lucidity and reasonable length, everyone actually can read it!). -Charlie Dunlap, J.D., Lawfare Blog