After the Rubicon : Congress, presidents, and the politics of waging war /

When the United States goes to war, the nation's attention focuses on the president. As commander in chief, a president reaches the zenith of power, while Congress is supposedly shunted to the sidelines once troops have been deployed abroad. Because of Congress's repeated failure to exerci...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kriner, Douglas L.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2010.
Series:Chicago series on international and domestic institutions.
Subjects:
United States. > Congress > Powers and duties.
États-Unis. > Congress > Pouvoirs et fonctions.
United States. > Congress
Executive-legislative relations > United States.
Politics and war > United States.
Executive power > United States.
Executive power.
Executive-legislative relations.
Military policy.
Politics and war.
Military art and science.
Political science.
Relations exécutif-législatif > États-Unis.
Politique et guerre > États-Unis.
Pouvoir exécutif > États-Unis.
Pouvoir exécutif.
Relations exécutif-législatif.
Politique militaire.
Politique et guerre.
Art et science militaires.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
HISTORY > Military > Other.
Executive-legislative relations
Executive power
Legislative power
Military art and science
Military policy
Political science
Politics and war
United States > Military policy.
United States > History, Military.
États-Unis > Histoire militaire.
United States
Military history
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Domestic politics and waging war
  • Mechanisms of congressional influence
  • Partisan politics and the initiation, scale, and duration of war
  • Congressional actions and the conduct of war
  • "Sitting ducks" : Marines in Beirut, 1982-84
  • The logic of congressional action
  • Congressional constraints and the War on Terror.

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