Declaring War: The Lost Art and the Role of Congress

February 7, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Manoa Campus, Hamilton Library, Rm. 301 **Refreshments Served, Doors Open 3:15 p.m.**

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Professor Brien Hallett (Spark M. Matsunaga Institute for Peace) will present portions of his recent book, The Lost Art of Declaring War (University of Illinois Press, 1998).

In the book, Hallett denies two historic assumptions: that war is violence, and that declarations of war are simply public announcements which initiate conflict. Rather, Hallett asserts that war is policy, not violence, and urges people and their representatives to take up the challenge and write fully reasoned declarations of war. Then, and only then, can a civilized nation like the United States lay claim to being fully democratic, not only in peacetime, but in wartime as well. –Adapted from the University of Illinois Press website.

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Ticket Information
Free admission. Open to the public. $3 Campus parking.

Event Sponsor
VC Research & Graduate Education, Office of Research Relations, UHM Library, Manoa

More Information
Jonelle Sage, 956-9932, uhmlibpr@hawaii.edu, http://library.manoa.hawaii.edu/about/news/images/faculty_lecture_Sp07Calendar.pdf

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