War Powers : the Politics of Constitutional Authority /

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Armed interventions in Libya, Haiti, Iraq, Vietnam, and Korea challenged the US president and Congress with a core question of constitutional interpretation: does the president, or Congress, have constitutional authority to take the country to war? War Powers argues that the Constitution doesn'...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Zeisberg, Mariah Ananda, 1977-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2013.
Sujets:
War and emergency powers > United States > History.
Separation of powers > United States > History.
Séparation des pouvoirs > États-Unis > Histoire.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Leadership.
LAW > Military.
Separation of powers
War and emergency powers
United States
Electronic books.
History
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Table des matières:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; CHAPTER 1: Who Has Authority to Take the Country to War?; CHAPTER 2: Presidential Discretion and the Path to War: The Mexican War and World War II; CHAPTER 3: "Uniting Our Voice at the Water's Edge": Legislative Authority in the Cold War and Roosevelt Corollary; CHAPTER 4: Defensive War: The Cuban Missile Crisis and Cambodian Incursion; CHAPTER 5: Legislative Investigations as War Power: The Senate Munitions Investigation and Iran-Contra; CHAPTER 6: The Politics of Constitutional Authority; Acknowledgments; Index.

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