While Dangers Gather: Congressional Checks on Presidential War Powers

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Princeton University Press, 26. kol 2007. - Broj stranica: 333

Nearly five hundred times in the past century, American presidents have deployed the nation's military abroad, on missions ranging from embassy evacuations to full-scale wars. The question of whether Congress has effectively limited the president's power to do so has generally met with a resounding "no." In While Dangers Gather, William Howell and Jon Pevehouse reach a very different conclusion.


The authors--one an American politics scholar, the other an international relations scholar--provide the most comprehensive and compelling evidence to date on Congress's influence on presidential war powers. Their findings have profound implications for contemporary debates about war, presidential power, and Congress's constitutional obligations.


While devoting special attention to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, this book systematically analyzes the last half-century of U.S. military policy. Among its conclusions: Presidents are systematically less likely to exercise military force when their partisan opponents retain control of Congress. The partisan composition of Congress, however, matters most for proposed deployments that are larger in size and directed at less strategically important locales. Moreover, congressional influence is often achieved not through bold legislative action but through public posturing--engaging the media, raising public concerns, and stirring domestic and international doubt about the United States' resolve to see a fight through to the end.

 

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CHAPTER 1
3
CHAPTER 2
33
CHAPTER 3
53
10
69
CHAPTER 4
75
A Asia
84
500
85
A Inflation Rates and Opportunities
91
Other Respondent Characteristics
199
TABLE 74
209
CHAPTER 8
222
APPENDIX A
243
TABLE A2
244
APPENDIX B
245
TABLE B1
256
TABLE B2
257

TABLE 42
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TABLE 43
102
TABLE 44
106
CHAPTER 5
114
CHAPTER 6
155
A Congress
179
CHAPTER 7
192
TABLE 71
198
TABLE B3
258
APPENDIX C
259
APPENDIX D
260
TABLE D1 continued
261
Notes
263
References
307
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