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" Balance of power : "
James W. Huston.
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BL
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| Record Number
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1042430
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b796800
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| Main Entry
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Huston, James W.
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| Title & Author
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Balance of power : : a novel /\ James W. Huston.
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1st ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: William Morrow and Co.,, ©1998.
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372 pages :: map ;; 25 cm
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0061703206
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: 0380731592
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: 0688159176
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: 9780061703201
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: 9780380731596
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: 9780688159177
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| Notes
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Map of area along the Southwest Pacific Ocean on endpaper.
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| Abstract
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An American president refuses to attack Indonesia for a terrorist hit on a U.S. ship, so Congress goes over his head and an aircraft carrier strikes. A look at the Letters of Marque and Reprisal, a little-known law which empowers Congress to do this.
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United States.
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United States.
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Legislators, Fiction.
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Presidents-- United States, Fiction.
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Spies, Fiction.
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Executive power-- United States, Fiction.
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Legal stories.
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Legislators.
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Presidents.
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Terrorism-- United States, Fiction.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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813/.54
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| LC Classification
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PS3558.U8122B35 1998
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