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Congress and the Cold War /
"This book provides the first historical interpretation of the congressional response to the entire Cold War. Using a wide variety of sources, including several manuscript collections opened specifically for this study, the book challenges the popular and scholarly image of a weak Cold War Cong...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2006.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "This book provides the first historical interpretation of the congressional response to the entire Cold War. Using a wide variety of sources, including several manuscript collections opened specifically for this study, the book challenges the popular and scholarly image of a weak Cold War Congress, in which the unbalanced relationship between the legislative and executive branches culminated in the escalation of the U.S. commitment in Vietnam, which in turn paved the way for a congressional resurgence best symbolized by the passage of the War Powers Act in 1973"--Jacket |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxxii, 346 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511136978 9780511136979 0521821339 9780521821339 0521528852 9780521528856 0511134274 9780511134272 9780511610707 051161070X 1107145635 9781107145634 1280308877 9781280308871 0511201192 9780511201196 0511134789 9780511134784 |