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 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 re…
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- Full title :Congress and the Cold War / Robert David Johnson.
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"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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- Publication Date:2006.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2006.
The Physical Object
- Description:xxxii, 346 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0521821339, 0521528852, 9780521821339, 9780521528856
- oclc:ocm58791200
- LC Classification:E840
- Dewey Decimal:327.73/009/045
Table of Contents
Constructing a bipartisan foreign policy -- Legislative power and the Congressional right -- Redefining Congressional power -- The consequences of Vietnam -- The transformation of Stuart Symington -- The new internationalists' Congress -- The triumph of the Armed Services Committee -- Appendix A : The Foreign Aid Revolt of 1963 -- Appendix B : The Senate and U.S. involvement in Southeast Asia, 1970-1974 -- Appendix C : The Senate of the New Internationalists, 1973-1976 -- Appendix D : The House and the end of the Cold War, 1980-1985.
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